Pope Mourned by Trump, Putin and More

Global leaders paid tribute and sought to associate themselves with the legacy of the late Pope Francis, highlighting his role in key global conflicts at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions. #popefrancis #pope #worldnews #politics

US Vice President JD Vance, a key ally in Donald Trump’s push to disrupt the global order, mentioned a homily made by the late pope in 2020, when he called on people to keep faith in their leader amid the “storm.” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who’s clashed with the more conservative leadership of the church in Madrid, highlighted the pope’s commitment to social justice. The UK’s center-left prime minister, Keir Starmer, said Francis has been a “pope for the poor.”

Pope Francis, 88, died in Rome on Monday morning. He’d been hospitalized for about five weeks with severe pneumonia and left hospital in March.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a long-time ally of the late pontiff, said the news saddened her deeply, calling him a “great man and a great shepherd.” Meloni made history last year when she invited the late pope to the Group of Seven summit in southern Italy, where he warned of the dangers of unregulated artificial intelligence.

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