More information released. I'm Lisa Lacerra. Fox News. The Vatican says Pope Francis had a stroke which put him into a coma and led to heart failure.

The 88-year-old's passing coming weeks after he recovered from a life-threatening respiratory infection, spending nearly 40 days in the hospital, mostly in critical condition. M mourners gathering in St. Peter's Square to pay tribute.

Vice President J.D. Vance, who met with the pontiff just a day before his death, saying in a post online,

my heart goes out to the millions of Christians

all over the world who loved him. President Trump ordering all flags in the U.S. to be flown

at half staff in his honor, saying Pope Francis was a good man. He worked hard. He loved the world.

Fox is Christian Goodwin and the president said he and the first lady will travel to Italy to attend

the pope's funeral.

President Trump expressing continued support for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after New York

Times report that Hegs says shared sensitive information in another signal chat, this time with

his wife and brother. The president was asked about it this morning during the White House Easter

egg roll. It's all, uh, just the same old stuff from the media.

That's an old one. Try finding something new.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has called for Hague says to be removed.

This as a senior U.S. official is pushing back on reporting from the Associated Press

that the Defense Department's chief spokesman,

Sean Parnell, will temporarily move away from his media role to more directly supporting

Hague set. The official says Parnell will remain in his current role. Nadine Menendez, the wife of

former New Jersey Senator and one-time chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bob

Menendez, has been convicted of

working with her husband to accept bribes of gold bars in a luxury car from three New Jersey

men who are working for help with their business dealings. America is listening to Fox News.

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