The US vice president related the brief but moving moment he lived with Pope Francis in his final bed. It was the last official meeting of the Supreme Pontiff.
The United States vice president, JD Vancehe referred to his meeting with him Pope Francis, Hours before the death of the Supreme Pontiff, and described as “quite crazy” the encounter during a private audience in the Vatican.
Vance shared his testimony this Wednesday from the Indiawhere he is making an official tour. According to the meeting, the meeting was completed Sunday April 20 at 11:30 local time at the residence of Santa Marta. The next day, at 7:35the pontiff He died. Vance was thus the last international authority to see him alive.
“I have thought about that a lot. It was quite crazy. Obviously when I saw it I did not know that it was less than 24 hours on Earth. I think It was a great blessing”, Said the vice president before the media. He then said that he was surprised by the Pope’s state of health:“ I could see it briefly on the morning of Easter Sunday. I knew I was very sick. I hadn’t realized how sick I was. ”
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Vance represents an administration that has had critical positions regarding central issues for the Vatican, especially in migratory issues. Despite these differences, the vice president chose to concentrate on the spiritual figure from Francisco. “I will always remember how A great shepherd“, He said, underlining their commitment to” marginalized people, the poor and the sick. “
His meeting also served to bring positions finally with Francisco, who had criticized the anti -immigration policy of the Trump administration. In this regard, the vice president expressed with caution: “I am aware that he had some disagreements with some policies of our administration. He also coincided a lot with some of them.” And he added: “I will not stain his legacy talking about politics. I think it was a great Christian shepherd, and that’s how I choose to remember the Holy Father. ”
For the vice president, that brief moment at Rome transcended the political and became a spiritual moment that in his words will not forget.
Source: Ambito
