Pope Francis' death follows recent health challenges. Here's what we know.

Pope Francis' past nationalist quality

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Pope Francis' death Monday astatine the property of 88 comes aft the Catholic person experienced a fig of wellness issues successful caller years. 

Francis died astatine 7:35 a.m. Monday astatine his residence, the Vatican said. His authoritative origin of decease was not instantly revealed. 

The pope, who had portion of 1 lung removed arsenic a young man, agelong battled wellness problems and was particularly prone to respiratory illnesses successful the winter.

In July 2021, helium spent 10 days successful the infirmary pursuing intestinal surgery for a bowel narrowing. In March 2023, helium was hospitalized for 3 days and received intravenous antibiotics for bronchitis. A fewer months later, successful June 2023, helium was backmost successful the infirmary to person surgery to region intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia successful the abdominal wall. 

Since 2022, helium often utilized a wheelchair, walker oregon cane owed to genu injuries, and helium had suffered precocious from aggregate falls.

Here's a breakdown of his astir caller bout of wellness challenges earlier this year:

Feb. 6, 2025: Francis was diagnosed with bronchitis, but continued to clasp regular audiences — though helium handed disconnected his speeches for an adjutant to work aloud, saying helium was having occupation breathing.

Feb. 14, 2025: Francis was hospitalized to dainty bronchitis and acquisition diagnostic tests. A spokesperson said helium was expected to beryllium determination for "a fewer days."

Feb. 17, 2025: Francis' respiratory tract infection presented a "complex objective picture" that required further hospitalization, the Vatican said astatine the time. Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said tests indicated the pope was suffering from a "polymicrobial respiratory tract infection" that called for a further alteration successful his cause therapy.

Feb. 18, 2025: Francis developed bilateral pneumonia, meaning the pneumonia was successful some of his lungs. The unwellness was discovered aft Francis underwent a thorax CT scan, the Vatican said. According to the statement, Francis was successful a bully temper and spent the time resting, praying and reading.

Feb. 23, 2025: Francis remained successful captious information arsenic humor tests showed aboriginal kidney failure. The Vatican said helium remained alert and "well-oriented." While helium hadn't had immoderate much respiratory crises since the nighttime before, helium was inactive receiving precocious flows of supplemental oxygen.

Feb. 26, 2025: Blood tests confirmed a slight improvement successful the pope's health, according to a Vatican update, and the flimsy kidney insufficiency detected a fewer days anterior had receded. Francis continued to person respiratory physiotherapy to assistance him expel fluid from his lungs.

Feb. 28, 2025: Francis experienced a bronchospasm, which is erstwhile the muscles that enactment the airways successful the lungs tighten. The incidental caused him to inhale vomit, but helium responded good to being treated with noninvasive mechanical ventilation, according to the Vatican. 

March 1, 2025: Pope Francis had a calm night aft the bronchial situation caused a setback to his recovery. In an update, the Vatican said helium had coffee, work newspapers and was capable to determination and beryllium successful his armchair.

March 3, 2025: Francis suffered "two episodes of acute respiratory failure" implicit the people of the day, which the Vatican said were caused by "significant accumulation of endobronchial mucus and consequent bronchospasm."

March 8, 2025: The Vatican said Pope Francis was showing "gradual, flimsy improvement" amid his pneumonia treatment.

March 10, 2025: Doctors said Pope Francis was no longer successful imminent danger of decease from pneumonia, but they decided to support him hospitalized longer to person treatment.

March 14, 2025: Francis marked the 12th day of his papacy from his infirmary room. It was besides the one-month people since helium was hospitalized.

March 23, 2025: After 5 weeks, Francis near Rome's Gemelli hospital aft surviving the life-threatening bout of pneumonia.

March 26, 2025: An interrogation with Dr. Sergio Alfieri, the caput of Pope Francis' aesculapian team, revealed Francis came adjacent to dying connected 2 abstracted occasions earlier helium was allowed to instrumentality to his location astatine the Vatican implicit the weekend. Alfieri told an Italian paper that the aesculapian squad adjacent considered letting the pope dice astatine 1 captious constituent connected Feb. 28 erstwhile Francis had suffered a breathing situation aft inhaling his ain vomit during a coughing fit. Alfieri described it arsenic "the worst" time of the pope's 38-day hospitalization.

The Associated Press and Anna Matranga contributed to this report.

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