Francis, who lived with chronic lung disease after losing part of a lung in his youth, was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on 14 February with a respiratory crisis that developed into double pneumonia.
He spent 38 days in hospital, marking the longest stay of his 12-year papacy.
On Easter Sunday, just a day before his death, he appeared in St Peter’s Square to bless thousands and delighted crowds with a ride through the piazza in his popemobile.
