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Catholic Christian Christian Pope Francis has died at the age of 88. According to the Vatican, the Pope breathed his last at 7.35 am today.
He was admitted to Jameli Hospital in Rome on 14 February. He was also undergoing treatment for pneumonia and anemia. He was hospitalized for 5 weeks due to infection in the lungs.
During the treatment, the headquarters of Catholic Church, Vatican, reported that the Pope’s blood test reports showed symptoms of kidney failure. Also, the lack of platelets was also detected. However, he was later discharged.
He met US Vice President JD Vance yesterday.
On Sunday, on the occasion of Easter, Pope also gave gifts to Vance.
The first non-European to become a pope in 1000 years
Pope Francis was a Jesuit Pastor from Argentina, he became the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church in 2013. He was elected the successor of Pope Benedict Sixteenth. Pope Francis was the first person in the last 1000 years who reached the highest position of Catholicism despite being non-European.
The Pope was born on 17 December 1936 in the city of Florence, Argentina. Before becoming the Pope, he was known as George Mario Bergoglio. Pope Francis’s grandparents left Italy and moved to Argentina to escape from Mussolini. The Pope has spent most of his lives in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.
He was a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesutes) and was the first pope from the American continent. He had a master’s degree in philosophy and theology from Buenos Aires University. In 1998, he became the archbishop of Buenos Aires. In 2001, Pope John Paul Second made him a cardinal.
Pope Francis’s big decisions On the church of gay persons: Pope had questioned the issue of homosexuality from 4 months after assuming office. To this he said, “If a gay person is searching for God, then who is I going to judge him.”
Reform to remarriage: The Pope gave religious recognition to the divorced Catholic people who re -marry. He empowered such people to achieve communions to end social boycott. Communian is a practice in which bread/holy bread and wine/grape juice are consumed to remember Jesus’ last feast. It is also known as Prabhu Bhoj or Ucist.
Apologies on sexual abuse of children: In April 2014, Pope Francis accepted the sexual abuse of children in churches for the first time and also sought public apology. He called this crime committed by the priests of the church as a decline of moral values. Earlier, Vatican was criticized for not reacting to the matter by a pope.
Asked Catholic churches on sexual abuse during a visit to Belgium on 27 September last year to apologize. He also met 15 people victims of sexual harassment from priests in Brussels.
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