[Opinion] American opinion: Pope Francis inspired with compassion, mercy

American Opinion: Farewell to a pope who preached peace, his message will be missed

Amid a world with growing rancor and discord and hate and war, we have lost a needed voice for peace and human compassion with the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, leaving behind a church marked by the imprint of his humble and caring character. “Blessed are the peacemakers” says the Gospel of Matthew and Francis was a world leader whose message most often transcended the particulars of his own faith. While his views and public sermons we…

American opinion: Pope Francis inspired with compassion, mercy

If there was one moment that exemplified the work and message of Pope Francis, it would be this: the late Pontiff embracing Vinicio Riva, a man covered in the disfiguring growths of neurofibomatosis in November 2013. Riva, like so many others, made his way to St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican hoping for a glimpse of the pope. He got so much more. Riva, who died in 2024, told the Daily Mail “I’m not contagious, but he didn’t know that. But he jus…

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Pope Francis transcended his role as a spiritual leader to become a global symbol of humanity, dialogue, and peace.

Compassionate after the death of Pope Francis is Christian and is separate from our views on Roman Catholicism.