Pope Francis dies at the age of 88

The Pope Francisco He died this Monday at 7:35 am (5.35 GMT) in his home in the house of Santa Marta Del Vatican, as Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrel has announced in a video message. “Met diepe pijn moet ik aankondigen dat paus Franciscus vandaag om 07:35 is overleden, de bisschop van Rome is teruggekeerd naar het huis van de Vader, zijn hele leven is toegewijde dienst van de Heer en zijn kerk en heeft ons de waarde van het evangelie geleerd met Fidelity, Courage and Universal Love en in het bijzonder voor de armste en meest marginalisatie,” Farrel, “Farrel,” Farrel heeft announced.

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In the video, recorded in the chapel of the Santa Marta House, the State Secretary, Cardinal Pietro Parolin and the replacement for the State Secretary, the Venezuelan Edgar Peña Parra also appear. “With enormous gratitude for his example as a disciple of the Lord Jesus, we recommend the soul of Pope Francis to the infinite Merciful Love of God one e vull.”

Pope number 266 of the Catholic Church has been in office for 12 years and has had UPS and Downs in his health status in recent months, whereby the cancellations of actions or suspensions on the agenda are customary.

Still recovering from a pneumonia, he appeared for the last time on Sunday on the balcony of the Basilica of San Pedro Del Vaticano and with a weak voice he wanted a “happy Easter” for the thousands of believers who were collected there by resurrection Sunday.

A month after he was fired after a long hospitalization, the presence of the 88 -year -old Pope was very uncertain and the Vatican had not confirmed it. Finally, the pope appeared in a wheelchair, for his traditional “Urbi et Orbi” blessing (on the city of Rome and the world).