Announcement of Pope Leo XIV's Death

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,

for which he had been hospitalized last week after the Pontiff's funeral.

The College of Cardinals must set the start date of the next

conclave, which will elect the new Pope