Pope Francis died on Easter Monday. In the last days before his death, the 88-year-old showed himself in public several times. On Easter Sunday he also spoke the blessing “Urbi et Orbi” (the city and the earth) on St. Peter’s Square. The Argentinian already seemed very weak. An overview of the last few days in the life of the Pope.
6. April: On the day of the birthday of the sick and the world of the health care system, Pope Francis surprised when he first showed himself to the public after a long stay in the hospital. It was supplied with extra oxygen through the nose during the version over thin hoses.
8. April: The Roman daily newspaper “La Repubblica” reports that Francis also treats himself to an ice that was delivered to him by an Argentinian ice cream parlor in Rome, Sebastiano Padron. Francis had never made a secret of his passion for ice cream. Lemon, Mango and Dulce de Leche, a caramelized cream of milk and sugar from his Argentinian home country, were the creations that he mainly loved.
April 10: April: He has the most unusual appearance a week and a half before Easter. After a round with a wheelchair through the Vatican, he lets himself roll in the basilica of St. Peter – apparently a spontaneous idea. Francis does not wear his usual white pope robe, but black pants, a t-shirt with long sleeves and a kind of blanket or poncho. In his nose he has a snake over which he is provided with extra oxygen because of his breathing problems.
12. April: Francis surprisingly visits the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome to pray there. In the fifth century, Marienkirche, very close to Rome’s main train station, he will also find his last rest – not in St. Peter’s Basilica, just like many other popes. The basilica was one of the favorite places of Jorge Mario Bergoglio during his life.
Maundy Thursday: Like every year, Francis visits a prison shortly before Easter. He can be brought to Regina Coeli in Rome, where he is greeted with applause of about 70 prisoners. Unlike earlier years, Francis does not have to wash their feet in a gesture of humility among prisoners.
Good Friday: The pope is also represented by high-ranking cardinals in the Kreuzweg-Supply on Good Friday on the Colosseum. Because of his battered health, he had missed prayer the year before.
Holy Saturday
For Easter evening the Pope is brought to St. Peter’s basis by helpers in a wheelchair. He is not there at the most important stock exchange on Easter evening. The Italian Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of Cardinal College, is celebrating the service.
Easter Sunday
For 35,000 people on Sint -Pietersplein, Francis donated the blessing “Urbi et Orbi” (the city and the earth) at noon. His voice is very weak. He brings out no more than two sentences. His Easter message is read by a spiritual while he is silent in a wheelchair. Then he can be driven across the square in the open Papamobile. He seems very weak.
Shortly before his last public performance, around 11.30 am, Francis received us for a few minutes of vice -president James Vance in his home. It will be the last guest in the foreign state.
Easter Monday: Francis dies at 7.35 am. A good two hours later, the Holy Stuhl announces his death. Because of pneumonia, he was 38 days in the Gemelli hospital in the Gemelli Hospital. He recently stayed in his home in the Vatican, in the Santa Marta Pension near St. Peter’s Basilica.
Source: Krone
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