It is with sadness and joy that The Road of Faith today prays for Papa Francesco.
Pope Francis passed away at 7:35 a.m. local time on Easter Monday, April 21, at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta, as confirmed by the Holy See Press Office. The 88-year-old pontiff led the Catholic Church for a little more than 12 years.
Cardinal Kevin Farrell, camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, officially announced the pope’s death in a video message. “At 7:35 this morning, the bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father,” Farrell stated.
The Vatican has not yet announced details regarding the funeral arrangements for the first Latin American pope in history.
Let each of us say a prayer and a Chaplet of Divine Mercy for Pope Francis. like him or not, he was our Holy Father. It is our joy to help carry him home to the Father.
Eternal rest grant unto him/her, O Lord,
and let Your perpetual light shine upon him.
May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen.
Let us pray for Holy Mother Church in these coming days as a new Conclave is called to select the next in the line of St. Peter