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The final image we have of him, which will remain etched in our memory, in our eyes and our hearts is that of last Sunday, Easter Sunday, when Pope Francis, despite his serious health problems, wanted to give us his blessings from the balcony of St Peter's Basilica
During the funeral, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re - who led the service - said He had great spontaneity and an informal way of addressing everyone, even those far from the Church
One has to hope that this entire experience of the past several hours has reminded public officials from all over the world that they are men and women under judgment, that they are going to have to give an account of their stewardship,
It’s been intense to see Rome this way, to see it so packed and crowded, but it’s really cool that all these people from our faith are so active and so present,
We had already planned to come to Rome for the canonization of Carlo Acutis,
she said, referring to the teenager who died of leukemia aged 15 in 2006 and was set to become the first millennial saint We left last night from Cagliari, it’s me, my son, and our priest. We bought our flight at the last minute and couldn’t find anywhere to sleep. We spent the night out here so we could get close to the altar,
Alessio Fenu, a tobacco bar business owner from Sardinia, told NBC News We made it, but we haven’t slept for two days, and even tonight we have nowhere to stay. We have to sit down and rest for a second, then we’ll figure out when to go home and what to do tonight,
Pope Francis was very attentive to us, he made us feel heard and loved,
she said, sharing sunscreen with friends under the warm, blue sky Now, I’ve got to say goodbye to his coffin. It’s a moment to say goodbye,
added Herrera, who began studying under Francis For this reason, a group of poor and needy people will be present on the steps leading to the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major to pay their final respects to Pope Francis before the entombment of his casket,
the Vatican said Thursday I just saw him last week, giving his last effort, his last pool, just giving it all for the church,
Praise is due to you in Zion, O God. To you we pay our vows in Jerusalem,
True, real, and enduring peace is not simply making deals, ... Peace has a lot to do with justice, with the restoration of justice after it’s been violated, and has been massively the case in Ukraine.”
When that was postponed, we decided to come anyway and be here in this very important moment,
I could not have been anywhere else today, for me Pope Francis was a wonderful pope, a gift that the lord gave us,
In the past, I've seen it here over and over again that the combination of Rome and the Holy See, they actually are geniuses at dealing with these big events
