Pope Francis Died At 88.
Former President Joe Biden mourned the loss of Pope Francis in a statement Monday, calling the late pontiff, “the People’s Pope - a light of faith, hope and love.”
“It is with great sadness that Jill and I learned of the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis. He was unlike any who came before him,” Biden said. “Pope Francis will be remembered as one of the most consequential leaders of our time and I am better for having known him.”
Biden, the second Catholic to serve as US president, praised Pope Francis for his work to help the marginalized and on issues like pursuing peace and combatting climate change. By Antoinette Radford, Christopher Lamb, Christian Edwards and Issy Ronald, CNN
Pope Francis was a leader in the Catholic Church unlike many of the previous leaders of the Holy See in the last 1/2 century. He was willing to take on the Catholic Church entrenched interests and also be a champion of the poor and marginalized communities throughout the World. The Church was led in a direction to care more deeply for the plight of the less fortunate in what many thought was a return to the basic teachings of the Church.
