AFPPope Francis died on Monday morning in the Vatican at the age of 88 after several years, which were shaped by health problems. The first Jesuits and South American Pope led the church for twelve years, defended migrants, the environment and social justice, and held a conservative position on abortion and the celibacy of the priests.
Despite fragile health, he kept a continuing pace until his last weak appearance at Easter. His funeral will take nine days, and soon a conclave will be organized to describe it as the successor. He had expressed the wish in which Majeure of the Basilica Sainte-Marie was buried in a simple coffin.
As a committed reformer, he tried to modernize the curia, to moralize finances and strengthen the fight against sexual abuse without always fulfilling the expectations of the victims.
