Pope Francis died from a cerebral stroke and subsequent heart failure, the Vatican has announced.
The cerebral stroke led to a coma and irreversible heart failure, a death certificate published by the Vatican says.
The report comes around 12 hours after the pontiff’s death was first announced.
Francis suffered from a chronic lung disease and had one part of one of his lungs removed as a young man.
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