This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Chris Barrow, and in the early hours of Tuesday to 22nd of April, these are our main

stories. Roman Catholics around the world are mourning the death of Pope Francis and celebrating

the legacy of a man who spoke out tirelessly for the marginalized. The Vatican says the Pope died from a stroke and heart failure.

His body will lie in state so the public can pay their respects before his funeral.

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20 years back, the snow season was starting at around October until March, April. So there was a long season when we were

receiving snow in these mountains, but now we have seen almost no snow until January. Snowfall in

the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain range reaches a 23-year low. Thousands of people gathered in St Peter Square on Monday evening to mourn the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88.

Vatican figures led prayers in front of worshippers from across the world, many of whom were in Rome to celebrate Easter.

Millions of Catholics around the world will also be praying for the late Pope.

He was the first person from

Latin America and the global south to lead the church, having been elected to the papacy in 2013

after the resignation of Pope Benedict. Francis recently spent five weeks in hospital being treated

for double pneumonia, but made a number of unexpected public appearances since being discharged a month ago,

including attending Easter Sunday events in the Vatican. Our religion editor, Ali Mubal, sent this report

from Rome.

Dearest brothers and sisters, said Cardinal Kevin Farrell, with a deep sorrow, I must announce

the death of our Holy Father Francis.

At 735 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the House of the Father.

And with that, the end of what was a hugely consequential 12-year term of the 266th Pope was announced to the world. It could barely have come on a more

auspicious day in the Catholic calendar, Easter Monday, in the church's Jubilee year.

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