Pope pushed himself knowing he ‘did not have long left’ – Vatican source

Pope Francis looked visibly drained when he drove around St Peter’s Square in his popemobile on Easter Sunday, cheered by a rapt crowd in what became his final public appearance.Aged 88 and weakened by five weeks battling double pneumonia in hospital, some in the Vatican suspect the head of the Catholic Church knew that his strength was abandoning him.Among Catholics gathered outside the Vatican on Monday to pray after the death of Francis was announced, many saw his Easter appearance as