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Pope Franciswho served as leader of the Catholic Church since 2013, died at the age of 88.
“Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, aged 88 at his residence at Casa Santa Marta the Vatican,” the Vatican published through social media on Monday, April 21.
“Dear brothers and sisters, with deep sadness I have to proclaim the death of our holy father Francis,” a statement from Cardinal Kevin Farrell he said.
“At 7:35 this morning the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the Father’s house. His whole life was consecrated to the service of the Lord and his Church.
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“With tremendous thanksgiving for his example as a true disciple of the Lord Jesus, we commend the soul of the Pope Francis to the infinite merciful love of the Triune God,” Farrell concluded.
The Pope’s death came just hours after he appeared on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, April 20, to wish the crowd gathered a happy Easter.
Pope Francis.
Buda Mendes/Getty imagesThe holy father first received his hospital on February 14 when he was admitted to Rome cemeton hospital for bronchitis. He later began to be cared for by double pneumonia, meaning pneumonia in both of his lungs.
While doctors revealed that Francis was doing better, he suffered his condition “suddenly worsened” on February 28 after “an isolated crisis of a bronchospasm.”
Bronchospasm is when the muscles are in the bronchi – the airways that connect the lungs to the wind pipe – tighten and cause airways to narrow, limiting oxygen intake, the Cleveland clinic Explained.
For nearly 12 years, Francis was head of the Catholic Church. Although he called the Vatican city home, the religious leader made it a priority to go out to the outskirts of the world during his years of service.
In 2015, Francis toured the United States and traveled from Washington, DC to New York City to Philadelphia. At the time, many celebrities expressed their positive feelings about him.
“This Pope is inspirational for me as an American, as a woman, as a Catholic,” Maria Shriver have said People After covering his visits for the Today Show. “It was very sensitive to be here.”
Other famous Catholics including Mark Wahlberg. Mario Lopez. A sunny host and Jim gicon talked about their appreciation for Francis.
“You could probably say that the Pope was a Catholic superhero,” said Gicon, 58, CBS Sunday morning In September 2015 before performing comedy in front of the holy Father. “You have the cape, the hat, heck his car even called Pope-Mobile. It’s so nice to hear a world leader say, ‘Who am I judging?'”
Celebrities not identified as a Catholic support for a leader who spent much of his job focusing on the poor and reminding people that everyone in the church is welcome.
In June 2024, Whoopi Goldberg – who brought Francis Paraphernalia famous from his 1992 film An act sister – He joined nearly 100 comedians from around the world to visit the Holy Father in the Vatican City.
Jamie McCarthy/Getty images; Goldberg’s Vatican/Getty Whoopi images pull out all the stops for Act 3 Sister, even offering Pope Francis a Cameo opportunity. During her Wednesday, May 8, she opened an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Goldberg, 68, up for meeting the Pope, 87, in the Vatican in 2023. ”
“The Pope decided he wanted to tell us that what we did as humorous and comics was a kind of important and wonderful,” he said on The scene In remembering her journey with Chris Rock. Jimmy Fallon. Conan O’Brien and other stars. “He had less to do with our religious relations than he had to do with him giving us a message that we were important as humorous, moving and lovely to hear.”
In a separate segment on The sceneGoldberg, 69, repeated how impressed Francis was.
“It’s a human being as it happens, and that’s what I really like, and it does its best to be a man for everyone,” he said. “He knows we’re all lacking. It’s lacking, I’m lacking, you’re lacking. But it’s, like, listen. We can bring the best we can, bring the best of us. ‘
