教宗方济各逝世，享年88岁
2025年4月21日，复活节星期一，罗马天主教第266任教宗方济各在梵蒂冈城国的圣玛尔大之家寓所逝世，享年88岁。
圣座新闻室当日上午9时47分发布圣座新闻室主任马泰奥·布鲁尼（Matteo Bruni）的声明：罗马天主教会的财务总管、枢机凯文·约瑟夫·法雷尔（Kevin Joseph Farrell）宣布了教宗逝世的消息。法雷尔枢机说，罗马主教方济各已于当日上午7时35分「回到天父的家」，并表示方济各的一生都奉献于侍奉主与教会。
圣座新闻室同日公布的死亡证明由梵蒂冈城国卫生局局长安德烈亚·阿尔坎杰利教授（Andrea Arcangeli）签署。证明确认：方济各本名豪尔赫·马里奥·贝尔格里奥（Jorge Mario Bergoglio），1936年12月17日出生于阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯；他于2025年4月21日上午7时35分在圣玛尔大之家的寓所逝世，死因为中风、昏迷和不可逆转的心血管衰竭，死亡经心电记录确认。证明同时列明，他生前患有双侧多重微生物肺炎引发急性呼吸衰竭的既往发作、多发性支气管扩张、动脉高血压和二型糖尿病。
圣座礼仪庆典办公室同日发出通知：依据《罗马教宗殡葬礼典》（Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis）第21至40号的规定，当晚8时，法雷尔枢机在圣玛尔大之家小堂主持教宗死亡确认礼，并将遗体安放入棺。枢机团团长、教宗的亲属以及梵蒂冈城国卫生局局长和副局长等应邀参加该礼仪。
方济各1936年12月17日生于布宜诺斯艾利斯，是意大利皮埃蒙特移民的儿子。他早年取得化学技师资格，其后选择司铎之路，1958年3月11日进入耶稣会初学院，1969年12月13日晋铎，1973年发终身愿并出任耶稣会阿根廷省会长。1992年，他获任命为布宜诺斯艾利斯辅理主教，1998年继任布宜诺斯艾利斯总主教，2001年2月21日由教宗若望保禄二世擢升为枢机。
2013年3月13日，在教宗本笃十六世退位之后，贝尔格里奥枢机在秘密会议中当选为天主教会第266任教宗，时年76岁，并取「方济各」为名号，以效法亚西西的圣方济各。他于2013年3月19日正式开始伯多禄牧职。圣座官方简历指出，他是第一位来自美洲大陆的教宗，也是一位阿根廷耶稣会士；他同时是第一位耶稣会士教宗。
方济各任内进行了47次宗座旅行，走访66个国家。2025年2月14日，他因双侧肺炎入住罗马杰梅利医院，住院38天后返回梵蒂冈，在圣玛尔大之家度过生命的最后数周。2025年4月20日复活节主日，他最后一次公开露面，在圣伯多禄大殿阳台发表《致罗马城与普世》降福，并下到圣伯多禄广场问候信众；数小时后，他于次日清晨逝世。（来源：圣座新闻室）
Pope Francis Dies at 88
On April 21, 2025, Easter Monday, Pope Francis, the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, died at his apartment at the Domus Sanctae Marthae in Vatican City. He was 88.
In a declaration issued by the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, at 9:47 that morning, Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, announced the Pope's death. Cardinal Farrell said that at 7:35 that morning the Bishop of Rome, Francis, had returned to the house of the Father, and that his entire life had been devoted to the service of the Lord and His Church.
The death certificate published by the Holy See Press Office the same day was signed by Professor Andrea Arcangeli, Director of the Directorate of Health and Hygiene of Vatican City State. It certifies that Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 17, 1936, died at 7:35 a.m. on April 21, 2025, in his apartment at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, from stroke, coma and irreversible cardiovascular collapse, with death ascertained by electrocardio-anatomical recording. The certificate also records that he had suffered a previous episode of acute respiratory failure in the context of bilateral multimicrobial pneumonia, multiple bronchiectasis, arterial hypertension and type II diabetes.
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff gave notice the same day that, in accordance with the Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis (nos. 21-40), Cardinal Farrell would preside that evening, Monday, April 21, at 8:00 p.m., over the rite of the certification of death and the laying of the body of the Roman Pontiff in the coffin, in the Chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae. The Dean of the College of Cardinals, the family members of the Roman Pontiff, and the Director and Vice Director of the Directorate of Health and Hygiene were requested to take part in the rite.
Francis was born in Buenos Aires on December 17, 1936, the son of Piedmontese immigrants. After qualifying as a chemical technician, he chose the path of the priesthood and on March 11, 1958, entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus. He was ordained a priest on December 13, 1969, gave his perpetual vows as a Jesuit in 1973, and was appointed provincial of the Jesuits of Argentina that same year. In 1992 he was appointed titular bishop of Auca and auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires; in 1998 he succeeded as Archbishop of Buenos Aires; and on February 21, 2001, John Paul II created him cardinal, of the title of Saint Robert Bellarmine.
On March 13, 2013, following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Bergoglio was elected by the Cardinals gathered in Conclave as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church, at the age of 76, taking the name Francis in imitation of Saint Francis of Assisi. He officially began his Petrine ministry on March 19, 2013. The Holy See's official biography describes him as the first Pope to come from the Americas, an Argentine Jesuit; he was also the first Jesuit Pope.
During his pontificate, Francis made 47 apostolic journeys, visiting 66 countries. On February 14, 2025, he was admitted to Agostino Gemelli Hospital in Rome for a 38-day stay due to bilateral pneumonia, and after his return to the Vatican he spent the last weeks of his life at the Domus Sanctae Marthae. On Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025, he made his final public appearance, imparting the Urbi et Orbi blessing from the loggia of Saint Peter's Basilica and then greeting the faithful in Saint Peter's Square; a few hours later, in the early hours of the following morning, he died. (Source: Holy See Press Office)
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图片来源：图：教宗方济各（2024年6月摄于意大利）。图：Ricardo Stuckert／Lula Oficial，CC BY-SA 2.0，via Wikimedia Commons / Photo: Pope Francis in June 2024 in Italy. Photo: Ricardo Stuckert / Lula Oficial, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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