Trump honors Pope Francis, saying “could God bless him and all who liked him”

Washington — President Trump honored Pope Francis after the Vatican introduced Monday morning that the pontiff died on the age of 88.

“Relaxation in Peace Pope Francis! Could God Bless him and all who liked him!” Mr. Trump mentioned in a submit to his social media platform Reality Social.

Vice President JD Vance, who met with Francis on the Vatican on Easter Sunday, mentioned on social media, “My coronary heart goes out to the hundreds of thousands of Christians all around the world who liked him. 

“I used to be pleased to see him yesterday, although he was clearly very sick. However I’ll at all times keep in mind him for the under homily he gave within the very early days of COVID. It was actually fairly stunning,” Vance wrote.

The White Home posted images of Mr. Trump and first girl Melania Trump once they met Pope Francis on the Vatican in 2017, throughout the president’s first time period, together with a picture of Vance and the pontiff from their assembly Sunday.

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber, introduced Francis’ dying in a assertion, saying he died at 7:35 a.m. native time.

“His whole life was devoted to the service of the Lord and of His Church. He taught us to dwell the values of the Gospel with constancy, braveness, and common love, particularly in favor of the poorest and most marginalized,” the cardinal’s assertion mentioned. 

Francis led the world’s roughly 1.3 billion Roman Catholics since 2013. His dying got here practically a month after he was launched from a hospital in Rome, the place he acquired therapy for a respiratory an infection that became double pneumonia.

The pontiff made a quick look on Easter Sunday to bless 1000’s gathered in St. Peter’s Sq., telling these assembled, “Brothers and sisters, Pleased Easter!”

Following information of his dying, tributes from world leaders have poured in throughout Monday morning, together with from former President Joe Biden, who known as Francis “one of the vital consequential leaders of our time.”