India, April 21 -- US President Donald Trump posted a brief condolence message after Pope Francis' death.

"Rest in Peace Pope Francis! May God Bless him and all who loved him!" Trump said on Truth Social.

After the Vatican confirmed Pope Francis' death, tributes are being offered to him.

Meanwhile, former US president Joe Biden also paid tribute to Pope Francis as "the people's pope".

"It is with great sadness that Jill and I learned of the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis. He was unlike any who came before him. Pope Francis will be remembered as one of the most consequential leaders of our time and I am better for having known him," Biden wrote on X.

"For decades, he served the most vulnerable across Argentina and his mission of...