In one of his last public acts, Pope Francis gave a message of hope and peace in his Easter Sunday speech at the Vatican only hours before his death.

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The Vatican announced that Pope Francis died at the age of 88 on Monday morning. Here are some of the pope's most memorable ...

Easter Monday—at 88. The Vatican confirmed his death, which followed recent hospitalizations due to a respiratory infection.