Catholic Bishops Conference of India on death of Pope as faithful pray for his soul

Описание: (21 Apr 2025)
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New Delhi - 21 April 2025
1. Wide of lit candles in the Sacred Heart Cathedral Church
2. Various of elderly man lighting candle in front of statue of Virgin Mary
3. Close of statue of Mary
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Father Charles Maria, National Secretary, Catholic Bishops' Conference of India:
“As a person, as a priest who likes to follow Christ’s path, he (Francis) certainly was a huge model to me, an inspiration to me. And I do really miss him. His death is something, leaves a vacuum in my heart today because he was someone the world needs today. A father, and a champion, and a great leader, an inspiring leader the world needs today.”
5. Various of portrait of Francis
6. Various of singers performing tribute to Francis
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Rev. Anil Joseph Thomas Couto, Archbishop of Delhi:
“We thank God that today his (Francis's) pilgrimage has come to an end on Earth. But he has realised the hope with which he lived right from the day he was born up to his last breath this morning. And, the hope that he has left for us.”
8. Wide of exterior of church
9. Mid of black banner flag with cross printed on it
STORYLINE:
Faithful gathered at a church in the Indian capital on Monday to mourn the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88.

Some lit candles and offered prayers while a choir from Christ Music Society performed a special tribute to the late pontiff at New Delhi’s Sacred Heart Cathedral Church.

“His death is something, leaves a vacuum in my heart today because he was someone the world needs today. A father, and a champion, and a great leader," said Father Charles Maria, the National Secretary of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India.

Francis was history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change.

Bells tolled in church towers across Rome after the announcement, which was read out by Cardinal Kevin Farrell from the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta, where Francis lived.

Francis, who suffered from chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, was admitted to Gemelli hospital on Feb. 14, 2025, for a respiratory crisis that developed into double pneumonia. He spent 38 days there, the longest hospitalization of his 12-year papacy.

AP video by Piyush Nagpal

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