{"id":14281,"date":"2025-04-21T10:46:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T10:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=14281"},"modified":"2025-04-21T10:46:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T10:46:49","slug":"the-life-and-times-of-pope-francis-dead-at-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/the-life-and-times-of-pope-francis-dead-at-88\/","title":{"rendered":"The Life And Times Of Pope Francis , Dead At 88"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Pope’s death comes less than 24 hours after he\u00a0made an appearance at the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square<\/a>\u00a0on Easter Sunday.A short while ago, His Eminence, Cardinal Farrell, announced the death of Pope Francis with these words: \u201cDearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 7:35 this morning (local time), the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and His Church.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He taught us to live the values \u200b\u200bof the Gospel with fidelity, courage and universal love, especially in favour of the poorest and most marginalised.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farrell adds: “With immense gratitude for his example as a true disciple of the Lord Jesus, we commend the soul of Pope Francis to the infinite merciful love of the One and Triune God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He came out in a wheelchair and waved from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica to cheering crowds, wishing those gathered a “happy Easter”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His traditional Easter address and blessing was read by an aide while he sat, watching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the blessing, Pope Francis was driven around the square. As he passed through the crowds, his procession paused a number of times as babies were brought over for him to bless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francis’s papacy heralded many firsts and, while he never stopped introducing reforms to the Catholic Church, he remained popular among traditionalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was the first Pope to come from the Americas, or from the southern hemisphere. Not since Syrian-born Gregory III died in 741 had there been a non-European Bishop of Rome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was also the first Jesuit to be elected to the throne of St Peter – Jesuits were historically looked on with suspicion by Rome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francis’s predecessor, Benedict XVI, was the first Pope to retire voluntarily in almost 600 years and for almost a decade the Vatican Gardens hosted two popes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Cardinal Bergoglio of Argentina, he was already in his seventies when he became Pope in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bergoglio was the son of Italian immigrants to\u00a0Argentina<\/a>. After studying in\u00a0high school<\/a>\u00a0to become a chemical technician, he worked briefly in the\u00a0food-processing<\/a>\u00a0industry but felt called to the church. When he was about 21 years old, he suffered a severe bout of\u00a0pneumonia<\/a>\u00a0that led to the removal of part of his right lung. He entered the Jesuit novitiate in 1958 and then turned to academics, studying\u00a0humanities<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Santiago<\/a>,\u00a0Chile<\/a>, and earning a licentiate (equivalent to a master\u2019s degree) in\u00a0philosophy<\/a>\u00a0in Buenos Aires province. After graduation he taught\u00a0literature<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0psychology<\/a>\u00a0in high school while pursuing a degree in\u00a0theology<\/a>. He was ordained a\u00a0priest<\/a>\u00a0in 1969, took his final vows in the Jesuit order in 1973, and subsequently served as superior (head) of the Jesuit province of Argentina (1973\u201379).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pope’s death comes less than 24 hours after he\u00a0made an appearance at the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square\u00a0on Easter Sunday.A<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[421],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pope-francis-dead-at-88"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/p0l5kgy3.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14284,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/vatican-confirms-pope-francis-died-of-heart-attack-and-stroke\/","url_meta":{"origin":14281,"position":0},"title":"Vatican confirms Pope Francis died of heart attack and stroke","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"April 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"On Monday evening, the Vatican published the late Pope\u2019s final testament, setting out his wishes for his burial in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. 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