A lifetime devoted to humility, and a final gesture that reflects his soul. As the entire world mourns Pope Francis, his unveiled testament is as touching as it is inspiring. In a final message imbued with gentleness and faith, he breaks with the Vatican’s centuries-old traditions.
But where will the man who preached love for the humblest be laid to rest? The answer might surprise you…
The departure of a pope close to the people
Easter Monday will be remembered as the day Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Francis, took his last breath. At the age of 88, struck down by a stroke, he died in the Vatican, surrounded by his closest collaborators.
True to his spiritual journey, he chose to remain until the end the shepherd among his sheep, and not the sovereign enthroned above them.
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