Pope Franciscus died in his apartment in his apartment in the Vatican guesthouse in Santa Marta on the early Easter Monday. He lived and embodied the virtue of humility like no other – literally until the last breath. This is also proven by his last words, which have now been revealed by the Vatican.
The last hours of life of the Pope were reconstructed on Tuesday on the “Vatican News” portal. These were formed by calmness, gratitude and a final contact with the believers on St. Peter’s Square, who moved him deeply, Kathpress reported.
Nurse fought for further treatment
“Thank you for brought me back to the field”: The Pope has addressed these words on Easter Sunday to his personal health assistant Massimiliano Strappetti. The nurse had not only accompanied Francis in earlier phases of illness, but also advised him in 2021 to save life on the intestine. Since 2022 he stood by his side as an official medical companion of the Pope, also during the 38-day hospital stay in the Roman Gemelli hospital from 14 February to 23 March.
“Do you think I can do it?”
Already on the Holy Saturday Strappetti had rehearsed the road in St. Peter’s Basilica with Francis, which he would have to hire on Easter Sunday to go to the Benediction Loggia. Sunday morning – after the blessing “Urbi et Orbi” – the Pope then surprised his closest employees when he decided to get back into the Papamobile. “Do you think I can do it?” He had asked Strappetti before. The positive answer from the long -standing companion then made the decisive factor.
The round over St. Peter -Square by the crowd was then a last, deeply symbolic moment: the old pope, exhausted, but satisfied, the collected pilgrims – initially at the stock exchange, 35,000, than 50,000 – celebrated. He hugged, of course only with his eyes, especially the children and took one or the other hand. It was the first exit on St. Peter’s Square after his stay in the hospital – and at the same time the last of his pontificate.
Quick death
In the afternoon Francis returned to his apartment, rested and took a meal there. Around 5.30 the first signs of a sudden discomfort appeared. The supervisors present would have responded immediately. The pope is said to have said goodbye to a gesture an hour later, even with consciousness, one last time before he fell into a coma.
Death took place shortly thereafter – quiet, fast and without visible suffering, those who stood by his side would have reported. The pope, who had always held the greatest discretion for his health, had suffered a discreet, almost sudden death, without long waiting times and without too much hassle, the report of the Vatican.
As the time of the 88-year-old, Camerlengo declared Cardinal Kevin Farrell hours later. As the cause of death, the director of the health department of the Vatican State, professor Andrea Arcangeli, stroke and irreversible heart failure, in which death was determined by EKG (electrocardio-inthanatography). The pope had already suffered from an acute insufficiency of the respiratory organs with pneumonia, as well as high blood pressure and type II diabetes.
Source: Krone
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