Prabowo says Pope Francis will always be an example for us
A portrait of Pope Francis is seen as church officials make preparations at the Jakarta Cathedral on April 21, 2025, following the death of the Pope. - AFP
JAKARTA: President Prabowo Subianto mourned the death of Pope Francis on Monday (April 21), saying the world had lost a "role model".
"The world has once again lost a role model who had a great commitment to peace, humanity, and brotherhood," Prabowo wrote on social media.
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Pope Francis died of a stroke, causing a coma and "irreversible" heart failure, according to his death certificate released by the Vatican on Monday.
The 88-year-old Catholic leader died on Monday morning, almost a month after having been discharged from five weeks in hospital where he nearly succumbed to double pneumonia.
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Pope Francis died at 7.35am (0535 GMT) in his apartment at the Santa Marta residence in the Vatican. He died of "cerebral stroke, coma, irreversible cardiocirculatory collapse", the death certificate said.
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The pontiff had already been affected by a previous episode of acute respiratory failure when he had double pneumonia in hospital, it added.
He had also suffered from arterial hypertension, multiple bronchiectasis and Type 2 diabetes -- something that was not previously known. It was signed by the director of health of the Vatican City State, professor Andrea Arcangeli. - The Jakarta Post/ANN
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