Vatican authorities announced that Pope Francis, at the age of 88, passed away Monday after suffering from bilateral pneumonia and a polymicrobial respiratory tract infection for several months and a day after appearing in public at Easter Sunday mass
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00:00But the General Authorities announced that Pope Francis, at the age of 88, passed away
00:04Monday after suffering from bilateral pneumonia and a polymicrobial respiratory tract infection
00:10for several months and a day after appearing in public at Easter Sunday Mass.
00:15Supreme Pontiff died on Monday at 7.35 a.m. local time in his residence in Santa Marta,
00:21announcing a video message the Karl Marlengo Cardinal Varel.
00:26Pope Francis, formerly known as Jorge Bergoglio, was the 264th Pope and the first Latin American
00:32to take this title.
00:34Different leaders, personalities and institutions react on the death of Pope Francis.
00:39From the White House account, rest in peace Pope Francis.
00:43For his part, the head of the United Nations Refugee Agency, Filippo Grandi, said may you
00:47continue to give us faith and courage in this brutal world.
00:51French President Emmanuel Macron said from Buenos Aires to Rome, Pope Francis wanted to
00:56one in the church to bring joy and hope to the poorest of the poor.
01:01Former member of the European Parliament, Claire Daly, wrote A Man of Peace, an outspoken
01:05critic of war.
01:07Dear brothers and sisters, with profound pain, I must announce the death of our Holy Pope Francis.
01:28At 7.35 this morning, Pope Francis has returned to the house of the Father.
01:45All of his life has been dedicated to the service of the Lord and of his church.
01:55He has taught us the value of the gospel with loyalty, courage and universal love, in a particular
02:08way in favor of the poorest and the more marginalized.
02:15And with great gratitude for his example, as a true disciple of the Lord Jesus, we commend his
02:24soul to the infinite and merciful love of God, one and triumph.
02:32Grazie.
02:33Grazie.
02:34Grazie.