Washington — President Trump honored Pope Francis after the Vatican introduced Monday morning that the pontiff died on the age of 88.
“Rest in Peace Pope Francis! May God Bless him and all who loved him!” Mr. Trump mentioned in a submit to his social media platform Reality Social.
Vice President JD Vance, who met with Francis on the Vatican on Easter Sunday, mentioned on social media, “My coronary heart goes out to the tens of millions of Christians everywhere in the world who liked him.
“I was happy to see him yesterday, though he was obviously very ill. But I’ll always remember him for the below homily he gave in the very early days of COVID. It was really quite beautiful,” Vance wrote.
The White Home posted photographs of Mr. Trump and first girl Melania Trump once they met Pope Francis on the Vatican in 2017, in the course of the president’s first time period, together with a picture of Vance and the pontiff from their assembly Sunday.
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Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber, introduced Francis’ demise in a assertion, saying he died at 7:35 a.m. native time.
“His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of His Church. He taught us to live the values of the Gospel with fidelity, courage, and universal love, especially in favor of the poorest and most marginalized,” the cardinal’s assertion mentioned.
Francis led the world’s roughly 1.3 billion Roman Catholics since 2013. His demise got here practically a month after he was launched from a hospital in Rome, the place he acquired therapy for a respiratory an infection that become double pneumonia.
The pontiff made a quick look on Easter Sunday to bless hundreds gathered in St. Peter’s Sq., telling these assembled, “Brothers and sisters, Happy Easter!”
Following information of his demise, tributes from world leaders have poured in throughout Monday morning, together with from former President Joe Biden, who referred to as Francis “one of the most consequential leaders of our time.”
