By Kavita Mistry 
Pope Francis has died
Pope Francis, the first non-European pontiff in nearly 1,300 years, has died, the Vatican has announced. He was 88.
The announcement would have come as a shock to many, coming less than a day after the pope made a high-profile appearance in public.
While he did not appear as engaged as usual on Sunday, he still managed to address a huge crowd of worshippers.
Francis gave the traditional Easter blessing from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, in what marked his highest-profile appearance yet since being discharged from hospital.