# The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis died from a stroke that led to a coma and irreversible heart failure. The 88-year-old Pontiff passed away on Monday morning. The Vatican also shared the Pope’s final testament, where he requested to be buried in Rome’s Basilica of St Mary Major, rather than at St Peter’s […]
# Build One SA se president, Mmusi Maimane, het by die wêreld aangesluit om oor pous Franciskus te rou en sê hy was ʼn kampvegter vir die armes, geregtigheid en Afrika en ʼn hervormer. Die 88-jarige pous is Paasmaandag by die Vatikaan dood. Maimane sê hy het in die Katolieke Kerk grootgeword en verstaan die […]
# Die Anglikaanse aartsbiskop, Thabo Makgoba, sê pous Franciskus was die laaste morele stem wat wêreldwyd herken is in hierdie tye van verwarring, en ʼn leier wat duidelik leiding gegee het in ʼn ingewikkelde en gepolariseerde politieke wêreld. Die 88-jarige pous is Maandag dood, ʼn dag nadat hy Paassondag op Sint Petrusplein verskyn het om […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê as kerkhoof en wêreldwye figuurlike leier, het pous Franciskus ‘n beskouing van insluiting, gelykheid en sorg vir gemarginaliseerde individue en groepe bevorder. Die eerste Latyns-Amerikaanse leier van die Rooms-Katolieke Kerk, is gisteroggend op 88-jarige ouderdom oorlede. Hy is onlangs uit die hospitaal ontslaan ná weke se behandeling vir longontsteking. Ramaphosa […]
# Build One SA’s president, Mmusi Maimane, has joined the world in mourning Pope Francis, saying he was a champion for the poor, justice and Africa and a reformer. The 88-year-old Pontiff died at the Vatican on Easter Monday. Maimane says growing up in the Catholic Church, he understands the significance of the death of […]
# Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba says Pope Francis was the last globally recognised moral voice in these confused times and a leader who gave clear guidance in a complex and polarised political world. The Pontiff passed away on Monday at 88, a day after he appeared at St Peter’s Square to greet worshippers on Easter […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says that as the leader of the Church and a global figurehead, Pope Francis advanced a world view of inclusion, equality, and care for marginalised individuals and groups. The Pontiff, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday morning at the age of 88. He was […]
# Die DA het sy medelye uitgespreek met Katolieke wêreldwyd ná die dood van pous Franciskus gister in die ouderdom van 88. Die DA se leier, John Steenhuisen, het die pous se goeie leierskap en deernis vir verstotelinge geloof. Steenhuisen sê Franciskus het as staatshoof van die Vatikaanstad en leier van die Heilige Stoel deurentyd […]
# The DA has extended condolences to Catholics worldwide following the death of Pope Francis at age of 88 yesterday. DA leader John Steenhuisen praised the Pope’s progressive leadership and compassion for the marginalised. Steenhuisen noted that Francis, as both head of state of Vatican City and leader of the Holy See, consistently advocated for […]
