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Pope Francis in 2016 Estonian Foreign Ministry
Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church since 2013, passed away from complications of a stroke on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, only hours after he gave the traditional Easter Sunday blessing from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica. He was 88.
The Pope was the first pontiff from the Southern Hemisphere, having been born in Argentina in 1936. He was also the first non-European pope since Gre…
