The Pope is dead: what did Francis stand for?

«On the table one speaks, on the table one listens. No silence. It is not the silence of the monks. It is the silence of selfishness». Pope Francis , who died on Monday 21 April 2025 in Rome, always had a special link with food. He professed to him, beyond the peremptory need to end hunger in the world, many more virtues that he defended with words like those leading this article in his homilies. «A family that does not eat together almost never…

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The billion-plus Catholic community has lost its spiritual head. Pope Francis has passed away and his funeral is being prepared for Saturday morning. Cardinals are already meeting in the Vatican to prepare for the election of a new pope. What kind of person was Jorge Maria Bergoglio and what is his legacy as Pope Francis? And who could become his successor?