# Pope Leo XIV Death Announcement: Reported Cause and Next Conclave

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2109897582235275642
- Source account: [@RealAbs1776](https://x.com/RealAbs1776)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:35
- Published: 2026-10-13
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/EkMHrNDFNBLQ/en/pope-leo-xiv-death-announcement-reported-cause-and-next-conclave

## Transcript

[0:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/EkMHrNDFNBLQ/en/pope-leo-xiv-death-announcement-reported-cause-and-next-conclave?t=5) Leonardo Viri has just announced the death of Pope Leo XIV to the crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square. According to the first reports from the Vatican, the Pope reportedly died of septicemia and an irreversible cardiopulmonary collapse,

[0:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/EkMHrNDFNBLQ/en/pope-leo-xiv-death-announcement-reported-cause-and-next-conclave?t=22) for which he had been hospitalized last week after the Pontiff's funeral.

[0:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/EkMHrNDFNBLQ/en/pope-leo-xiv-death-announcement-reported-cause-and-next-conclave?t=27) The College of Cardinals must set the start date of the next conclave, which will elect the new Pope