{"id":14284,"date":"2025-04-22T12:14:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T12:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=14284"},"modified":"2025-04-22T12:14:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T12:14:40","slug":"vatican-confirms-pope-francis-died-of-heart-attack-and-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/vatican-confirms-pope-francis-died-of-heart-attack-and-stroke\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican confirms Pope Francis died of heart attack and stroke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>On Monday evening, the Vatican published the late Pope\u2019s final testament, setting out his wishes for his burial in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vatican said Pope Francis died of a stroke and a heart attack after going into a coma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the carmerlengo of the papal household, presided at the rite of the ascertainment of death in the chapel of the Pope\u2019s Casa Santa Marta residence on Monday evening.&nbsp;The director of the Vatican City State\u2019s department of health read out a statement confirming the cause of death from \u201ccerebral stroke, coma, irreversible cardiovascular collapse\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pope\u2019s other doctors and aides, along with Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the Dean of the College of Cardinals, were present at the service where Francis\u2019 body was placed in its coffin to await removal to St Peter\u2019s for public display.&nbsp;These arrangements, as well as the date of the funeral, were to be determined by the first Congregation of the Cardinals as they began to arrive in Rome from around the world on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" data-attachment-id=\"14287\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/vatican-confirms-pope-francis-died-of-heart-attack-and-stroke\/pop-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pop-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pop 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pop-2.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pop-2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pop-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pop-2.jpg 720w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pop-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pop-2.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday evening, the Vatican published the late Pope\u2019s final testament, setting out his wishes for his burial.&nbsp;This confirmed his long-expressed desire to be interred in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, outside the Vatican, \u201chere I go to pray at the beginning and end of every apostolic journey faithfully to entrust my intentions to the Immaculate Mother and to give thanks for her gentle and maternal care\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He directed that his tomb be prepared in the side nave between the church\u2019s Pauline Chapel, which houses the icon of Our Lady as&nbsp;<em>Salus Populi Romani&nbsp;<\/em>to which he had a special devotion, and the Sforza Chapel, and that it be in the ground, \u201csimple, without particular ornamentation, and bearing only the inscription: Franciscus\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A benefactor provided the funds for these preparations, the document said, and the basilica\u2019s coadjutor archpriest Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas had received instructions.&nbsp;The cardinal, who runs the operations of the basilica, was the only individual named in the document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPope Francis has inscribed me in his testament,\u201d Makrickas told&nbsp;<em>The Tablet<\/em>.&nbsp; \u201cUnbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The testament concluded: \u201cMay the Lord grant the deserved reward to those who have wished me well and will continue to pray for me. The suffering that marked the final part of my life, I offer to the Lord, for peace in the world and brotherhood among peoples.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday evening, the Vatican published the late Pope\u2019s final testament, setting out his wishes for his burial in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3AXRCE3-scaled-1.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14281,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/the-life-and-times-of-pope-francis-dead-at-88\/","url_meta":{"origin":14284,"position":0},"title":"The Life And Times Of Pope Francis , Dead At 88","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"April 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Pope's death comes less than 24 hours after he\u00a0made an appearance at the Vatican's St Peter's Square\u00a0on Easter Sunday.A short while ago, His Eminence, Cardinal Farrell, announced the death of Pope Francis with these words: \u201cDearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Pope Francis Dead At 88&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Pope Francis Dead At 88","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/pope-francis-dead-at-88\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/p0l5kgy3.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/p0l5kgy3.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/p0l5kgy3.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/p0l5kgy3.jpg 2x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/p0l5kgy3.jpg 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14338,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/the-poors-pope-francis-funeral-live-world-leaders-mourners-say-final-farewell\/","url_meta":{"origin":14284,"position":1},"title":"The Poor&#8217;s Pope Francis Funeral Live: World Leaders, Mourners Say Final Farewell","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"April 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The atmosphere right now is one of anticipation and probably quite heavy excitement. 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