Africa-Press – Angola. A 5.a Reunião Plenária Extraordinária da 3.a Sessão Legislativa da V Legislatura da Assembleia Nacional iniciou, hoje, com um minuto de silêncio em memória do Papa Francisco, falecido, esta manhã, aos 88 anos.The Supreme Pontiff was convalescing after a serious respiratory condition that left him in hospital for 37 days between February and March of this year.
On Easter Sunday, Pope Francis appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican for the traditional “Urbi et Orbi” blessing, after having been absent from most of the Holy Week celebrations.
Visibly weakened, Jorge Bergoglio addressed the faithful and handed over the reading of the message to Cardinal Angelo Comastri.
In his message, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church warned of “the climate of growing anti-Semitism that is spreading throughout the world” and called for a ceasefire and urgent humanitarian aid.
As is tradition, the Pope’s funeral begins in St. Peter’s Basilica.
The body of Jorge Bergoglio, the first Latin American Pope in history, will be on display for the faithful to visit and pray for.
The funeral ends with a funeral mass in St. Peter’s Square.
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