The president of Brazil, Lula da Silvawas present in the historical funeral to say goodbye to Pope Francis which took place this Saturday in the Vatican. There, moved, the president expressed his desire for the new Supreme Pontiff to have “The same religious commitment and the same commitment to the fight against inequality.”
The Argentine, who died last Monday, April 21 at 88, had a monumental farewell. In total, more than 400,000 people approached to say goodbye to the Pope who transformed the Catholic Church.
Lula da Silva’s farewell to Pope Francis
In detail, the Brazilian praised Francisco’s pontificate and wished “whatever God that the next Pope is equal to himwith the same religious commitment, with the same commitment to the fight against the inequality of Pope Francis. “
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It should be noted that the Brazilian president arrived last Friday to the Vatican, where he also addressed the San Pedro Basilica To pray in front of the Argentine coffin.
In addition, Lula also referred to the meeting held by the United States and Ukraine leaders. Donald Trump and Volodimir Zelenski saw the faces in the previous of the ceremony, within the framework of the war between Ukrainians and Russians. “The important thing is to talk to find an exit to This war that is running out of explanationthat nobody manages to explain, “analyzed the president of Brazil.
In total, more than 150 committees from around the world went to the Vatican to express their last goodbye to Pope Francis. Among them, the Argentine President stood out Javier Mileione’s own Trumpthe French Emmanuel Macronhe King Felipe VI and the Queen Letizia from Spain.
Javier Milei participated in the funeral of Pope Francis in the Plaza de San Pedro
President Milei also said present in the Plaza de San Pedro and participated in Pope Francis’s funeral ceremony, after Having absent in the Basilica of San Pedro on Friday, where the coffin of the Supreme Pontiff was exposed, for participating in an event with the economist Jesús Huerta de Soto. The president, at the head of the Argentine delegation, was present at the Pontiff’s funeral ceremony.
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President Javier Milei dismissed the most important Argentine in our history: Pope Francis.
The Holy Father brought in his heart the soul of our land and sowed it in every corner of the planet. We do not tell you goodbye because your legacy is already eternal. pic.twitter.com/1bus00dlc1
– President’s office (@opragentina) April 26, 2025
Around 5 in the morning (Argentine time) Milei arrived at the Plaza de San Pedro. The president arrived with his sister Karina Milei, is also accompanied by Guillermo Francos (Chief of Cabinet of Ministers), Manuel Adorni (presidential spokesman) and Patricia Bullrich (Minister of Security).
Prior to his trip to the Vatican, Milei referred to Jorge Bergoglio like “the most important Argentine of history. ”The president said that the Supreme Pontiff became“ the spiritual leader of More than 1500 million of people ”.
Source: Ambito