{"id":25798,"date":"2025-04-24T19:41:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T19:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=25798"},"modified":"2025-04-24T19:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T19:41:16","slug":"pope-francis-last-public-appearance-sends-a-deep-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=25798","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis\u2019 last public appearance sends a deep message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic world is mourning the passing of the first pope from Latin America,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/boreddaddy.com\/pope-francis-shocking-net-worth-at-his-time-of-death\/\">Pope Francis<\/a>, whose liberal views on the church felt like a fresh breeze for millions of believers.<\/p>\n<p>His passing was announced by Vatican in the early hours of April 21, Easter Sunday.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pope Francis had made his last public appearance just hours prior.<\/h2>\n<p>Since February, Pope Francis experienced health issues and his health deteriorated. He was admitted to the Rome\u2019s Gemelli Hospital where he stayed for over a month, longest during his 12 years of papacy. His cause of death was listed as a heart failure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=e30%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1914226689065865254&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fboreddaddy.com%2Fpope-francis-last-public-appearance-sends-a-deep-message%2F&amp;sessionId=288d1132634d110b2d6064782fab24b0fbf44f30&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1914226689065865254\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This year, for the first time since he was elected a pope in 2013, Pope Francis missed most Holly Week events, including the Stations of the Cross\u00a0at the Colosseum, the Easter Vigil\u00a0at St. Peter\u2019s Basilica, and the Holy Thursday foot-washing ritual.<\/p>\n<p>On Easter Sunday, Pope Francis delivered the \u201cUrbi et Orbi\u201d blessing to the crowd and to the world. Due to his health condition, the address was delivered by a high-ranking archbishop on his behalf while Cardinal Angelo Comastri\u00a0presided over the Mass in front of tens of thousands.<\/p>\n<p>In his final address, shared by Vatican, Pope Francis\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c4g9577g1k1o\">wrote<\/a>, \u201cI would like us to renew our hope that peace is possible! From the Holy Sepulchre, the Church of the Resurrection, where this year Easter is being celebrated by Catholics and Orthodox on the same day, may the light of peace radiate throughout the Holy Land and the entire world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\" ezlazyloading\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-ezsrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a3QoAtXHiSg?si=U-UuhsO1Seo3iMSu\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He then expressed his closeness to \u201cthe sufferings of Christians in Palestine and Israel, and to all the Israeli people and the Palestinian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He appealed to the warring parties to \u201ccall a ceasefire, release the hostages and come to the aid of a starving people that aspires to a future of peace!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis called for peace in Ukraine, and prayed for a final peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. He urged the Church to keep the Christians of the beloved Middle East in its thoughts and prayers, and sought for a solution for the people of Yemen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-73178 td-animation-stack-type0-2 ezlazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/boreddaddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-339-769x1024-1.png?ezimgfmt=rs:769x1024\/rscb2\/ng:webp\/ngcb2\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boreddaddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-339-769x1024-1.png?ezimgfmt=ng:webp\/ngcb2 769w,https:\/\/boreddaddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-339-769x1024-1-375x500.png?ezimgfmt=ng:webp\/ngcb2 375w,https:\/\/boreddaddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-339-769x1024-1-315x420.png?ezimgfmt=ng:webp\/ngcb2 315w,https:\/\/boreddaddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-339-769x1024-1-150x200.png?ezimgfmt=ng:webp\/ngcb2 150w,https:\/\/boreddaddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-339-769x1024-1-300x399.png?ezimgfmt=ng:webp\/ngcb2 300w,https:\/\/boreddaddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-339-769x1024-1-696x927.png?ezimgfmt=ng:webp\/ngcb2 696w\" alt=\"\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" data-ezsrcset=\"https:\/\/boreddaddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-339-769x1024-1.png?ezimgfmt=ng:webp\/ngcb2 769w,https:\/\/boreddaddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-339-769x1024-1-375x500.png?ezimgfmt=ng:webp\/ngcb2 375w,https:\/\/boreddaddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-339-769x1024-1-315x420.png?ezimgfmt=ng:webp\/ngcb2 315w,https:\/\/boreddaddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-339-769x1024-1-150x200.png?ezimgfmt=ng:webp\/ngcb2 150w,https:\/\/boreddaddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-339-769x1024-1-300x399.png?ezimgfmt=ng:webp\/ngcb2 300w,https:\/\/boreddaddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-339-769x1024-1-696x927.png?ezimgfmt=ng:webp\/ngcb2 696w\" data-ezsrc=\"https:\/\/boreddaddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-339-769x1024-1.png?ezimgfmt=rs:769x1024\/rscb2\/ng:webp\/ngcb2\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">His message resonated deeply with every Christian who wishes the same.<\/h2>\n<p>Pope Francis\u2019 body has been moved to St Peter\u2019s Basilica, where it will lie in state for three days ahead of his funeral on Saturday which is expected to be attended by hundreds of thousands of believers and world leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Bored Daddy<\/p>\n<p>Love and Peace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The Catholic world is mourning the passing of the first pope from Latin America,\u00a0Pope Francis, whose liberal views on the church felt like a fresh breeze for millions &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25800,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25798\/revisions\/25800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}