Coverage & sourcesPope Francis's health struggles and his death on Easter Monday 2025

Collected articles: every report in this story's record, counted once, in the week (Monday to Sunday, UTC) it was published; a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. Copies of the same wire story count as separate articles. This shows how much we collected, not how important a development was or whether it was independently confirmed. It covers this record only, not all news coverage. Our collection begins in October 2021.

Collected articles per week

3167 dated articles from Jun 6, 2022 to the week of April 21, 2025.

Weekly counts, newest first

Collected articles per week
Week of	Articles	Reports
April 21, 2025	714	April 2025 in the record
April 14, 2025	68
April 7, 2025	36
March 31, 2025	36	March 2025 in the record
March 24, 2025	45
March 17, 2025	151
March 10, 2025	111
March 3, 2025	243
February 24, 2025	225	February 2025 in the record
February 17, 2025	366
February 10, 2025	74
February 3, 2025	0
January 27, 2025	0	January 2025 in the record
January 20, 2025	0
January 13, 2025	0
January 6, 2025	0
December 30, 2024	0	December 2024 in the record
December 23, 2024	0
December 16, 2024	0
December 9, 2024	0
December 2, 2024	0
November 25, 2024	0	November 2024 in the record
November 18, 2024	0
November 11, 2024	0
November 4, 2024	0
October 28, 2024	0	October 2024 in the record
October 21, 2024	0
October 14, 2024	0
October 7, 2024	0
September 30, 2024	0	September 2024 in the record
September 23, 2024	13
September 16, 2024	0
September 9, 2024	0
September 2, 2024	0
August 26, 2024	0	August 2024 in the record
August 19, 2024	0
August 12, 2024	0
August 5, 2024	0
July 29, 2024	0	July 2024 in the record
July 22, 2024	0
July 15, 2024	0
July 8, 2024	0
July 1, 2024	0
June 24, 2024	0	June 2024 in the record
June 17, 2024	0
June 10, 2024	0
June 3, 2024	0
May 27, 2024	0	May 2024 in the record
May 20, 2024	0
May 13, 2024	0
May 6, 2024	0
April 29, 2024	0	April 2024 in the record
April 22, 2024	0
April 15, 2024	0
April 8, 2024	0
April 1, 2024	0
March 25, 2024	56	March 2024 in the record
March 18, 2024	12
March 11, 2024	0
March 4, 2024	0
February 26, 2024	24	February 2024 in the record
February 19, 2024	8
February 12, 2024	0
February 5, 2024	0
January 29, 2024	0	January 2024 in the record
January 22, 2024	0
January 15, 2024	0
January 8, 2024	0
January 1, 2024	0
December 25, 2023	0	December 2023 in the record
December 18, 2023	7
December 11, 2023	29
December 4, 2023	0
November 27, 2023	68	November 2023 in the record
November 20, 2023	31
November 13, 2023	0
November 6, 2023	0
October 30, 2023	0	October 2023 in the record
October 23, 2023	0
October 16, 2023	0
October 9, 2023	0
October 2, 2023	0
September 25, 2023	0	September 2023 in the record
September 18, 2023	0
September 11, 2023	0
September 4, 2023	0
August 28, 2023	0	August 2023 in the record
August 21, 2023	0
August 14, 2023	0
August 7, 2023	0
July 31, 2023	0	July 2023 in the record
July 24, 2023	0
July 17, 2023	0
July 10, 2023	0
July 3, 2023	0
June 26, 2023	0	June 2023 in the record
June 19, 2023	3
June 12, 2023	80
June 5, 2023	235
May 29, 2023	0	May 2023 in the record
May 22, 2023	30
May 15, 2023	0
May 8, 2023	0
May 1, 2023	0
April 24, 2023	0	April 2023 in the record
April 17, 2023	0
April 10, 2023	0
April 3, 2023	47
March 27, 2023	358	March 2023 in the record
March 20, 2023	0
March 13, 2023	0
March 6, 2023	0
February 27, 2023	0	February 2023 in the record
February 20, 2023	10
February 13, 2023	0
February 6, 2023	0
January 30, 2023	0	January 2023 in the record
January 23, 2023	0
January 16, 2023	0
January 9, 2023	0
January 2, 2023	0
December 26, 2022	0	December 2022 in the record
December 19, 2022	5
December 12, 2022	22
December 5, 2022	0
November 28, 2022	0	November 2022 in the record
November 21, 2022	0
November 14, 2022	0
November 7, 2022	0
October 31, 2022	0	October 2022 in the record
October 24, 2022	0
October 17, 2022	0
October 10, 2022	0
October 3, 2022	0
September 26, 2022	0	September 2022 in the record
September 19, 2022	0
September 12, 2022	0
September 5, 2022	0
August 29, 2022	0	August 2022 in the record
August 22, 2022	0
August 15, 2022	0
August 8, 2022	0
August 1, 2022	0
July 25, 2022	26	July 2022 in the record
July 18, 2022	0
July 11, 2022	0
July 4, 2022	25
June 27, 2022	0	June 2022 in the record
June 20, 2022	0
June 13, 2022	0
June 6, 2022	9

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