Cardinals to meet in the Vatican to set funeral date for Pope Francis

He died of stroke and subsequent irreversible heart failure, the Vatican says in a statement

The pontiff’s death has prompted an outpouring of grief from Catholics across the globe. From South Sudan to Argentina, Poland to the Philippines, the BBC reports from across five continents

Francis’s death has set into motion the political process for the Church to select a new leader in the coming weeks

What happens next? We look at the papal funeral and the election of a new pope