Pope Francis greets people while attending the weekly general audience in the Plaza de San Pedro in the Vatican, on March 8, 2023.
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Taxes and condolences came from all over the world after the news about the death of Pope Francis, who died Monday at the age of 88.
Francis, who was chosen the 266 Pope of the Catholic Church after the retirement of Benedict XVI in 2013, was the first Jesuit Pope and the first Pope of the Southern Hemisphere, born in Argentina of Italian-Argentine parents.
He made the waves lasted his papacy as a reformer who shook the most conservative rooms of the Church, but found popularity among the progressives who embraced their defense of social justice and support for marginalized slimming.
Francis’s last official meeting was with the American vice president JD Vance on Easter Sunday, only one day before his death.
In a publication about X, Vance wrote: “I bowed to the death of Pope Francis. My heart is with the millions of Christians around the world who loved him. I was happy to see him yesterday, although he was obviously a house for the hem. The first days of Covid It.
The official White House account published two photos of the Pope, one with President Donald Trump and his wife Melania, and the other with Vance, throughout a title that said: “Rest in peace, Pope Francis.”
Trump in his social account, meanwhile, published: “Rest in Peace Pope Francis! God bless him and all who loved him!”
The Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, published an emotional message in his official Facebook account that said: “Pope Francis has returned to the father’s house. A news that hurts us deeply, because a great man and a great pastor Leafs. I have the deprived of privacy that the private has, he has the private, he has, the teachings, which never decrease in times of judgment and suffering.”
The Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, receives Pope Francis when he arrives at the G7 Leaders Summit on day two of the 50th G7 summit in Burgundy Egnazia on June 14, 2024 in Fasano, Italy.
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The French president, Emmanuel Macron, in a publication about X, wrote: “From Buenos Aires to Rome, Pope Francis wanted the Church to bring joy and hope to the poorest. They join people and with nature. That this hope expects him and the afflicted world.”
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof in X described Francis as “In every way a man of the people. “
King Charles of the United Kingdom issued a statement from the royal family, saying that he and the queen “will be mourning for the devastating loss of this faithful follower of Jesus Christ” and that the late Pope would be “remembered for his compassion, his concern for the unity of the Church and for his tireless commitment to the common causes of all people of faith.”
Friedrich Merz, the probable next chancellor of Germany, published a note of condolences describing Pope Francis “” tireless commitment to the weakest of society, with justice and reconciliation. “
The Polish President Andrzej doubts the Vatican leader as “guided by humility and modesty.”
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, in a statement on X, Francis’ praised “Humility and love so pure for the less fortunate “, adding that their” thoughts are with all those who feel this deep loss. “
The Ukrainian president, Volodyymyr Zelenskyy, expressed his condolences in an X publication, saying that the Pope “knew how to give hope, relieve suffering through prayer and foster unity. He prayed for peace and Pope Francis of Pope Francis.”
Pope Francis holds the Ukrainian flag that was sent from the city of Bucha, where bodies of civilians tied at a short distance were found, a mass tomb and other signs of executions were found, the VI Halgan, learned Paul, 2022.
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog, expressed his “deepest condolences to the Christian world and especially Christian communities in Israel, the Holy Land, for the loss of his great spiritual father, his holiness, Pope Francis.” The Pope had long denounced violence in the Middle East and called vocally for a high fire in the Israel-Ahamas War in Gaza.
A statement published on the Facebook page of the Egyptian presidential spokesman said Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi “cries with the death of his holiness, Pope Francis, Pope of the Vatican, who left our world, leaving behind a great humanitarian legacy that will remain recorded in the conscience of humanity.” The post described Francis as a “champion of the Palestinian cause” who requested the end of conflicts and the “achievement of just peace and cargo.”
Pope Francis offers his Christmas blessing Urbi et Orbi and his traditional Christmas day message from the central balcony overlooking the Plaza de San Pedro on December 25, 2024 in the city of the Vatican, Vatican.
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The spokesman of the Foreign Ministry of Iran, Esmaeil Baghaei, also sacrificed his condolences to Christians from all over the world for the death of Pope Francis, according to a translation of the NBC of a telegram post of the Iran semi -official news agency, Fars News.
India’s prime minister, Narenda Modi, said it was “Deeply sore for the death of His Holiness, Pope Francis” and that “his affection for the people of India will always be appreciated.”
The Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, issued a long and sincere position on X, writing: “Today, humanity loses a voice of respect and acceptance of others”, and highlighting Francis’s efforts “to bring climate problems. He declared seven days of mourning in Brazil.
Caudia Sheinbaum, president of Mexico, called Francis “a humanist who defended the poor, peace and equality” and who “left a great legacy of true love for the neighbor of one.”
“For Catholics and non -Catholics equally,” Sheinbaum added in his publication in X, “this is a great loss.” Brazil and Mexico are the home of the largest Catholic populations in the world by country.
New Zealand’s prime minister, Christopher Luxon, wrote in X that he was “sad” when he heard the death of the Pope, and described his legacy as “an unwavering commitment to vulnerable, with social justice and interreligious dialogue.”
Correction: Emmanuel Macron is president of France. A previous version bit his name.