Pope Francis Dies at 88 | Pope Francis Funeral & Last Farewell Caremony
BREAKING: Pope Francis died this morning, April 21, in the Vatican. The 88-year-old pontiff taught us to live the values of the Gospel with courage and universal love, especially for the poorest and most marginalized.
“At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of his Church,″ Ferrell said.
#PapaFrancisco pic.twitter.com/9edO8mlgPC
— Vatican News (@vaticannews_pt) April 21, 2025
“We have realized that we are on the same boat, all of us fragile and disoriented,” Francis told an empty St. Peter’s Square in March 2020. But he also stressed the pandemic showed the need for “all of us to row together, each of us in need of comforting the other.”
French nun Sister Genevieve Jeanningros, a longtime friend of Pope Francis, was allowed to break protocol and stand in an area traditionally reserved for male leaders of the Catholic Church while mourning the late #popefuneral.#saturdaymorning pic.twitter.com/sdd0KKLTRF
— Burj khalifa token (@Burjkhalifameme) April 26, 2025
A man who, at the head of the Catholic Church, showed kindness, love, and mercy to the neediest people.
Ha fallecido el Papa Francisco a los 88 años de edad.
Recordemos el consejo que le dio a una pareja pic.twitter.com/YagfzbutRf
— ceciarmy (@ceciarmy) April 21, 2025
Pope Francis was born on 17 December 1936, was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2013 to 2025. He was the first pope from the Society of Jesus (the Jesuit Order), the first from the Americas and the Southern Hemisphere, and the first born or raised outside Europe since the 8th-century Syrian pope Gregory III.
Rest in peace🙏🏾
He leaves a legacy of dialogue, reforms, welcoming minorities and attention to the poor.
Let us pray for his eternal rest.
El Papa Francisco ha fallecido. pic.twitter.com/JmsP3hlP75
— Indie 505 (@Indie5051) April 21, 2025