"At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father," the Vatican announced on Monday. Mourners quickly gathered in St. Peter's Square in Rome to celebrate Francis, 88, and his 12 years as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died aged 88 He died of stroke and subsequent irreversible heart failure, the Vatican says in a statement