World leaders across the globe issued statements of mourning and remembrance on Monday following the loss of life of Pope Francis, who died Monday morning at age 88.
“By his teachings and actions, Pope Francis redefined the ethical tasks of management within the twenty first century,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney wrote Monday.
“His imaginative and prescient of equity between the generations was rooted in concrete requires motion, coverage, and private accountability.”
Carney recalled an handle Pope Francis gave at a 2014 Vatican assembly on the frequent good inside the international market.
“Pope Francis issued a problem that has guided me ever since,” Carney wrote: “He likened humanity to wine — wealthy, numerous, filled with spirit — and the market to grappa — distilled, intense, and at instances disconnected.”
“He known as on us to ‘flip grappa again into wine,’ to reintegrate human values into our financial lives.”
U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned Monday he’ll attend the Pope’s funeral in Rome.
“Melania and I might be going to the funeral of Pope Francis, in Rome. We sit up for being there!” the president wrote on Reality Social Monday afternoon.
Earlier within the day, Trump ordered all federal and state flags to be flown at half-staff “as a mark of respect for the reminiscence of His Holiness Pope Francis.” The proclamation, signed April 21, states flags will stay lowered till sundown.
“Relaxation in peace Pope Francis!” Trump mentioned in one other Reality Social publish. “Might God bless him and all who cherished him!”
Trump, a nondenominational Christian, met Pope Francis in Might 2017 throughout his first time period. His spouse, First Girl Melania Trump, is Catholic.
“Tens of millions of individuals world wide are mourning the tragic information of Pope Francis’ passing,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote in a publish on X Monday morning.
“[Francis] knew give hope, ease struggling by means of prayer, and foster unity,” Zelenskyy wrote. “He prayed for peace in Ukraine and for Ukrainians. We grieve along with Catholics and all Christians who seemed to Pope Francis for religious assist. Everlasting reminiscence!”
Irish President Michael Higgins mentioned he “be a part of[ed] with all these the world over, from their totally different stations in life, who’ve expressed such profound unhappiness on studying of the loss of life of Pope Francis.”
Higgins, who met with Francis 5 instances throughout his preach, praised the late Pope for his “distinctive humility,” which he mentioned “sought to indicate in essentially the most hanging and shifting of the way the extraordinary significance of the religious as a strong supply of worldwide ethics within the challenges of up to date life.”
He additional lauded Francis’ dedication to “the very important problems with our time,” together with international starvation and poverty, the plight of migrants, and international peace.
“In paying tribute to Pope Francis’ legacy, could all of us mirror on the moral method that’s essential to deal with the various very important points, together with the intense hazard of what he termed ‘the globalization of indifference,’ to which he drew the eye of officeholders and their publics,” Higgins mentioned.
U.Ok. Prime Minister Keir Starmer wrote Monday that he was “deeply saddened” to listen to of the Pope’s loss of life.
“Pope Francis was a pope for the poor, the downtrodden, and the forgotten,” Starmer wrote. “He was near the realities of human fragility, assembly Christians world wide going through battle, famine, persecution and poverty. But he by no means misplaced the faith-fuelled hope of a greater world.”
“That hope was the guts of his papacy,” he added.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan mentioned he was “deeply saddened with the passing of Pope Francis.” He prolonged condolences to all believers “for this nice loss.”
“His Holiness’ excellent management to have [a] peaceable and simply world can’t be forgotten,” he mentioned.
UN Secretary-Common António Guterres mentioned Monday he “joine[d] the world in mourning the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis, a messenger of hope, humility, and humanity.”
“Pope Francis was a transcendent voice for peace, human dignity, and social justice,” he added. “My deepest condolences to Catholics and all these world wide impressed by his extraordinary life and instance.”
Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Queen Rania joined international leaders in mourning Francis’ loss of life Monday morning.
“Pope Francis was admired by all because the Pope of the Individuals. He introduced folks collectively, main with kindness, humility, and compassion. His legacy will dwell on in his good deeds and teachings,” King Abdullah mentioned in a social media publish.
“In a world that may typically really feel heartless,” Queen Rania added, “Pope Francis all the time had like to spare — for the much less lucky, refugee households, and youngsters in battle zones, in Gaza and world wide. Humanity has misplaced a useful champion for peace and compassion right this moment. Might he relaxation in peace.”
Barham Salih, president of Iraq from 2018 to 2022, additionally mourned the Pope’s loss of life in a Monday morning publish that included pictures of Francis’ 2021 go to to Iraq.
“Deeply saddened by the passing of Pope Francis — a beacon of compassion and ethical braveness,” he wrote. “I had the honour of assembly His Holiness on a number of events, together with inviting him for the historic go to to Iraq. Might his relentless pursuit of peace, justice, and our frequent humanity endure.”
Salih mentioned Francis’ go to had “ignited Iraq’s soul.”
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