Pope Francis died on Monday at age 88, as Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced Camarlengo del Vaticano. “Dear brothers and sisters, with deep pain I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francisco. At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francisco, returned to the Father’s House”he said in a statement.
In a matter of minutes, the covers of the world’s main newspapers launched the news on their digital covers, mainly highlighting the leadership role of Mario Bergoglio at the head of the Catholic Church.
“Pope Francis, the reformist of the Catholic Church” died “titled the Brazilian newspaper or globe on its web portal. “The Argentine pontiff increased penalties for pedophilia, signed the first environmental encyclical of history and criticized the isolation of the Vatican,” he continued.
“At the head of the Church, Bergoglio was, from the beginning, A pioneer. It was the first Latin American Pope, the first Jesuit and the first to adopt the name of Francisco. The more than 90 cardinals who chose him, among the 115 voters of the conclave, entrusted to the Argentine the task of fighting sexual scandals and financial crimes in the Church, as well as stopping the loss of faithful worldwide, especially in the American continent, “adds the Brazilian newspaper.
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Meanwhile, The country of Spain He also highlighted on his cover the social and reformist role Francisco at the head of his papacy: “Pope Francis dies, a social and reformer in the church.”
“With a sometimes impulsive and energetic character, it has certainly passed as a social gale, with an unprecedented criticism of the current capitalist system, and in internal reforms, with unequal results. On the way it has opened strong divisions,” says the Spanish portal.
In addition, it deepens the opposition that existed Francisco in the most conservative sectors of Catholicism, which even called him “left -wing populist.” “For the most conservative sector of the Church, it has even been too far, and an authentic front against him has been opened, which has seen him practically like a dangerous left -wing populist potato,”he explains.
“But the enormous expectations they aroused have also sometimes disappointed the most progressive, who expected deeper changes in the reform of the curia, the increase in collegiality in decisions, female ordination or in sexual doctrine,” he summarizes.
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For its part, the Italian newspaper Corriere delle will Adventure The possible cause of death of Francisco, after the respiratory problems that afflicted him in recent months and indicates that he would have died from a “ictus”a cerebral infarction, at 7.35 in the morning, Vatican time.
Meanwhile, a note of opinion in the same Italian newspaper, argues: “Bergoglio will go down in history. Now nothing will be the same, for the church and for all of us.”
He El Mercurio de Chile newspaper He also highlighted the passage to Francisco’s immortality. “Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and Latin American Pontiff, dies at 88, titled. “From his first greeting as a potato – a casual” Buonasera “(” Good night “) – until his reception to refugees and oppressed, Francisco marked a different tone in his papacy, emphasizing humility about pride in a Catholic church ravaged by scandal and indifference,” they emphasize.
On its cover, the English newspaper The Guardian, He indicated that Pope Francis was “loved” by many Catholics for his “humility.” “Francisco Simplified the rites of the Papal funerals last year and previously declared that he had already planned his burial in the Basilica of Santa María la Mayor, in the Roman neighborhood of Esquilino, where he used to pray before and after his trips abroad, “he explained.
“During his 12 years of Papacy, Francisco – the first Jesuit Pope – was a vehement defender of the poor, dispossessed and disadvantaged of the world, and a staunch critic of corporate greed and social and economic inequality. In the Vatican, he criticized extravagance and privileges, urging church leaders to show humility,” he continues.
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“Pope Francis died at age 88,” he titled the digital version of the American newspaper The Washington Post. “As the first Latin American pontiff, the papacy reformulated with its opening and empathy towards the marginalized,” says the note of the note.
“His inclusive style earned him worship and criticism, although he made few changes in Catholic doctrine,” they continue.
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Source: Ambito
