The Vatican press office informed on the evening of April 21 that Pope Francis died of a stroke, followed by heart failure on the same morning.
The catholics church said that Pope Francis died of other illnesses, including "a previous acute respiratory failure", high blood pressure and type II diabetes.
The Vatican's announcement of the reasons for the death of Pope Francis was signed by Vatican's Director of the Department of Health and Hygiene Andrea Arcangeli.
Earlier this year, Pope Francis was hospitalized for five weeks due to a serious respiratory infection. He was later diagnosed with a multi-bacterial infection, which progressed to pneumonia in both lungs.
According to the medical team, Pope Francis was close to the death penalty during his hospital stay. Doctors said that Giaophop Francis was so ill that the staff considered stopping treatment to commit suicide.
Despite his poor health, Pope Francis, one of the oldest popes in parish history, has appeared in public many times at the Vatican during the coming of Year, including the papal appearance on Sunday after Christmas at the Imperial Palace of St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome.
Pope Francis requested that he be buried in a simple underground tomb in the Realm of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. On the grave will be engraved a single letter - his name in Latin.
The tomb must be underground; simple, without special decorations and with only one word: Franciscus - Pope Francis stated in the will issued by the Vatican.
Pope Francis chose to bury him in the civil judgment of the catedral for personal wishes, noting in his will that he often prayed there. Pope Francis will be the first papist to be buried outside the Vatican in more than a century.
In the will, Pope Francis also said that he had arranged for an unnamed benefactor to pay for his burial.
The Vatican City has sealed the official residence of Pope Francis, marking the beginning of the funeral period.
In the video of this activity, Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell - the main raincoat physician - observed a Vatican employee placing a red ribbon on the door of papal Francis's residence, tying it tightly and pasting the wax seal on the ribbon. After that, Hong y Farrell checked the seal and made sure the door was tightly sealed.
The sealed house is the papal Apartment at the Monastery, the traditional residence of the popes, not owned by Pope Francis. According to the Vatican, Pope Francis lives in Casa Santa Marta and this place has also been sealed.
The sealing of the deceased papal residence was a symbolic act to prevent the looting of the papal residence.
This ceremony also marks the official end of the period of papal Francis leading the church.
