Pope Francis. The calendar writes Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, when the humble “Pope of the Poor” leaves life at the age of 88, as announced by the Vatican.
According to the Vatican’s announcement, Pope Francis died on 07.35 this morning at his residence at Casa Santa Marta.
The tragic news of his death causes emotion in every corner of the globe.
The child of immigrants from Italy who was born and raised in Buenos Aires had … won the nickname “The Pope of the People” and “the Poor”.
Laughed, took selfies and did not stay in luxurious papal apartments but in a humble room of the Vatican. He withdrew the papal throne, replacing it with a simple white chair. “We will not invite the faithful to come to the church. We are going to find them out of it, ” It was his motto.
His first interview on a show
The 2022 He gave his first official interview on a television show.
Francis said that “like all humans, he also has his friends and that is one of the reasons why he decided to stay at the Santa Martha Ecclesiastical Hostel, in the Vatican, and not in the papal apartment.”
Pontifical revealed that when he was little he wanted to become a butcher, “because in the market he saw that he always had money full bags.” In adolescence he loved chemistry and medicine, but “afterwards, the Call of the Lord came.”
The “Pope of the Poor” has expanded the people who manage to be witty, “because, in this way, the problems seem more manageable and one manages to discover, in it, the joy.”
Pope’s tears for Ukrainian children
On December 8, 2022, Pope Francis broke out in tears talking about the war in Ukraine during a ceremony in downtown Rome.
“O Pure Virgin, I wanted today to convey to you the thanks of the Ukrainian people …” he began to read, upright, his word, but he stopped, apparently moved. As his body was shaken by tears, with tears in his eyes, the Pope remained silent for quite some time, until the crowd began to applaud him.
Pope Francis then rebuilt the thread of the speech, relying on his armchair arm, but remaining up: “… of the Ukrainian people for the peace we have been asking from the Lord for some time.”
“I must also convey to you the supplication of children, the elderly, the fathers and the mothers, the young people of this martyred land that is so suffering so much,” he continued, with a voice trembling.
His meeting with Sylvester Stallone
In September 2023, Pope Francis played … boxing with Sylvester Stalone, in a meeting with the “Rocky” star in the Vatican.
When he was introduced to Stalone and his family, Pontiff commented that he liked the actor’s films.
Smiling, Stalone lifted his fists and took a “attack” position, answering “ready, let’s be boxing.”
The first Pontiff to issue autobiography
Pope Francis wrote a story as he became the first Pontiff to publish the story of his life while remaining in his office.
Franciscus wrote the “Hope” During six years and initially he intended to publish it after his death.
Francis changed his mind about his posthumous publication because of his belief that the needs of our time demand to make his thoughts on his legacy and the state of the world now.
The work of Pope Francis huge … Certainly cannot be captured in words …