Pope Francis died, leaving behind the heritage of curial reforms, opening to the poor and the pursuit of unity between religions and social groups.
He received the grace of good death, which was the equivalent of his fulfilled life full of mission to the Church.
Francis wanted the church to be like a field hospital and open their arms for all the rejected.
Pope Francis died on Monday at 7.35 in the morning – the Vatican Press Office died.
Italian media reports that Probably the cause of death was stroke.
The Pope is dead. “He didn't really get better”
“There was talk of a great recovery of the Pope, but Francis did not really recover,” says Interia Vaticanist Edward Augustyn.
As he explains, for the world the Pope's quick return to work, despite the visible weakness, could have been surprising, but people from Francis' surroundings predicted that this is how his departure would look like. – not in bed, not in the clinic, but on the run, between the obligations – he adds.
Franciszek's last public speech
On Holy Thursday, the Pope, according to tradition, visited the Roman prison of Regina Coelibut this time he was not able to wash his leg prisoners, as he had used it so far. – I can't do it, but I can and I want to be close to you – he said to the prisoners.
On Easter, the Pope gave blessedA city and the worldsaying that “The light of peace from the Lord's grave radiated all over the Holy Land and the whole world.” It was Franciszek's last public speech.
The Vaticanist points out that although Franciszek's pontificate differed from the previous ones, the procedures that will now occur in the Vatican will be faithful to many years of traditions.
– the procedure is established, appropriate persons appointed to communicate individual information. This is not the first death of the Pope, the Vatican was prepared for it – he adds.
According to Edward Augustine, what will definitely be remembered after Franciszek's departure is the image of the “falling pope”. – He was a pope who decided to express his private opinions in an interview with the media, often controversial – he says, explaining that the Pope built the image of the head of the church, which is “a man like all of us.”
Pope Francis is dead. A unique burial place
The pontificate of Francis was in the eyes of the Vaticanist's opening of the church at the poor, as evidenced by Personal meetings of the Pope with representatives of various environments – Not only people in the crisis of homelessness, excluded, but also abortion activists.
– through all your pontificate Francis did not change his mind About abortion, but for him every case had the face of a specific man and he opened up to these people, met with them – emphasizes Augustyn.
The modesty of Franciszek's pontificate is also reflected in his decisions. The Pope some time ago announced a change in the place of his burial – It will be the first pope in over 120 years buried outside the Basilica of Saint Peterin the Roman basilica of Our Lady. He also wanted to maintain the more modest nature of the ceremony, as was used after the death of Pope Benedict XVI.
Vatican. Pope of great simplicity
– The Pope goes away, who revolutionized the Church with the spirit of great mercy, which he spread to the ends of the earth from the first day of his pontificate, announcing, among others Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy – says in an interview with Interia Magdalena Wolińska-Riedi, a Polish-Vatican journalist.
Emphasizes that Francis wanted a church that would be like a field hospital And this desire put into force. – opening arms for all rejected, Pope pilgrim who traveled the land in his 47 foreign travels In the name of unity between religions of religions and social groups – he adds.
In her opinion Francis is a pope of great simplicity, modesty and love of nature which he expressed in his famous encyclical “Laudato Sì”. – This is a pope of curial and financial reforms. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the end of the world. The historic era of papacy endsand for me personally it is a special time again, the departure of the Third Pope and the third conclave, since he lives in the Vatican – says Interia Magdalena Wolińska -Riedi.
Pope Francis is dead. The grace of good death
– Pope Francis received from God the grace of good death and such death can be wished for himself and our loved ones – he comments in an interview with Interia Father prof. Andrzej Kobyliński from the Institute of Philosophy of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw.
He explains that good death is one that comes after a fulfilled life, without excessive suffering. – With such awareness that life tasks have been carried out. You can refer to our singer Edyta Geppert, who sang: “What life, such death”. In this case, indeed, what was the life of Pope Francis, there was also his death. To the very end in contact with people, he performed his duties to the end and left us after the end of his earthly mission – admits our interlocutor.