The Vatican said Francis, the first pope from Latin America, had died after a stroke, and revealed that his will requested a simple tomb in Rome.

Here’s more on the pope's legacy and what comes next.

Pope Francis, who died on Monday after a papacy in which he spoke out tirelessly for migrants and the marginalized, was praised by world leaders and Catholics around the globe. They celebrated his teachings and a legacy that will help guide the future of the Roman Catholic Church.

Francis' death, a day after he appeared in his wheelchair to bless the faithful in St. Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday, leaves the church’s leadership with a critical decision: Choose a new pope who will follow his welcoming and global approach, or restore the more doctrinaire path of his predecessors.

The Vatican also released Francis' will: True to his roots as a humble champion of the poor, he asked that his tomb be "simple, without particular decoration and with the only inscription: Franciscus."

As tributes poured in from global leaders offering condolences to the world’s Catholics and praising the pontiff’s commitment to the poor and marginalized, his death created a vacuum in the leadership of the world’s more than one billion Catholics. It also set in motion deliberations and machinations to choose a successor — driving speculation about possible contenders. See full story...