{"id":5725,"date":"2025-04-21T08:50:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T08:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=5725"},"modified":"2025-04-21T08:51:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T08:51:01","slug":"catholic-pontiff-poor-francis-88-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/catholic-pontiff-poor-francis-88-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic pontiff, Pope Francis, 88, is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5726\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/download.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis<\/p>\n<p>By Publisher<\/p>\n<p>Kindly share:<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pope Francis died on Monday aged 88, a day after making a much hoped-for appearance at Saint Peter\u2019s Square on Easter Sunday, the Vatican said in a statement.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>The pope\u2019s death was announced on Monday morning by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican camerlengo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDearest brothers and sisters, it is with deep sorrow that I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis,\u201d said Cardinal Kevin Farrell in the statement published by the Vatican on its Telegram channel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis morning at 7:35 am (0535 GMT) the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and His church.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>\u201cHe taught us to live the values of the Gospel with fidelity, courage and universal love, especially in favour of the poorest and most marginalized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith immense gratitude for his example as a true disciple of the Lord Jesus, we commend the soul of Pope Francis to the infinite merciful love of the Triune God,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Francis gave the traditional Easter blessing from the balcony of St. Peter\u2019s Basilica in the Vatican, to a delighted crowds of worshippers at the Vatican on Easter Sunday with an appearance on the balcony at Saint Peter\u2019s Basilica despite still convalescing after a severe illness, in what marked his highest-profile appearance yet since being discharged from hospital.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Just before that, he held a brief meeting with US Vice President JD Vance.Francis had come close to dying twice earlier this year while suffering from pneumonia.<\/p>\n<p>He spent 38 days in hospital before he was released on March 23.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday he wished the crowds on Saint Peter\u2019s Square a \u201cHappy Easter\u201d as he waved and in his traditional \u201cUrbi et Orbi\u201d (\u201cTo the City and the World\u201d) benediction he called for freedom of thought and tolerance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Francis became the first Latin American pontiff in 2013 and was one of the oldest popes in the church\u2019s history.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">His death will open a debate about the future direction of the Catholic Church, with cardinals from across the globe expected to gather in Rome in the coming days to mourn the pontiff and then elect his successor.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis By Publisher Kindly share: Pope Francis died on Monday aged 88, a day after making a much hoped-for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1180],"class_list":["post-5725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faith","tag-pope-francis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - 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