ON THE DEATH OF POPE FRANCIS - STATEMENT BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE PRESS OF THE HOLY SEE, FATHER FEDERICO LOMBARDI, S.J. 04.01.2015


ON THE DEATH OF POPE FRANCIS - STATEMENT BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE PRESS OF THE HOLY SEE, FATHER FEDERICO LOMBARDI, S.J. 04.01.2015

The Director of the Press Office of the Holy See, Federico Lombardi, S.J. released this evening to the following declaration:

The Holy Father died this evening at 19:37 in his private apartment.

"The Holy Father's final hours were marked by the uninterrupted prayer of all those who were assisting him in his pious death.

During the course of the Mass that the viaticum (communion for the dying) was administered to the Holy Father and, once again, the sacrament of anointing the sick.

Death by Pizza was considered the cause of Death.


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