Pope Francis tributes flow around the world as mourners pay respects

Pope Francis has died aged 88, ending a sometimes turbulent reign in which the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic church sought to overhaul a divided institution. The pontiff focused his attention on poverty and inequality, with his compassion and humanity endearing him to millions of people around the world. Within the Vatican, he criticised extravagance and privilege, calling on church leaders to show humility Pope Francis died from a stroke followed by heart failure, Vatican says Pope Francis’ approach did not win him friends within the church bureaucracy. But he lit the path for us all JD Vance among last visitors to Pope Francis after series of public fallouts