Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died aged 88

There’s palpable shock at the Vatican, where the Pope had addressed crowds at an Easter Sunday service, Sofia Betizza reports

Tributes pour in from world leaders, including from King Charles, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, and JD Vance, who briefly met the Pope on Sunday

The Vatican confirmed the pontiff died at 07:35 local time on Monday; he was recently discharged from hospital after weeks of treatment for an infection