“A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges is not Christian. This is not in the Gospel.” - Pope Francis Rest In Peace.

Thankful for the moral, visionary and groundbreaking leadership of Pope Francis. May God watch over the Vatican and the Catholic Church during this time of transition.

“Anyone who builds a wall rather than a bridge to keep out migrants is not a Christian.” - Pope Francis. R.I.P.

“A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not in the Gospel.” - Pope Francis after Trump’s Pledge to build a wall (5) 🧵

⚡️⚡️⚡️ Pope Francis donated personal funds for drones to Ukrainian Army in 2023 Pope Francis anonymously used his personal funds. Not the Vatican's. The third drone was named Santa & the donor – Secret Santa. 👉 Good helping to defeat Evil. global.espreso.tv/news-secret-sa…?

Opus Dei in the Heart of Russia opusdei.org/en/article/opu… x.com/SimsalaMaya/st…

The Vatican announces that 40 people holding white roses will form a guard of honour for Pope Francis on the steps of Santa Maria Maggiore to welcome his coffin for his burial in the Basilica on Saturday. Among them the poor, the homeless, prisoners, transgenders, and migrants.

When he died on Monday, Pope Francis had been on the cusp of signing into canon law a huge reform of Opus Dei, an abusive cult at the heart of the Church Those reforms may now never happen A THREAD 🧵

So if Donald Trump returns to the USA from the Vatican, aren't we technically letting in a convicted criminal and adjudicated rapist? I think we should call ICE.

The humble shepherd. Humility and tenderness are not the virtues of the weak, but of the strong. – #PopeFrancis, Vatican Basilica, January 1, 2017

📸 A sculpture of migrants and refugees sits in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican, where the funeral for Pope Francis will be held today. “I wanted it here […] so that it would remind everyone of the evangelical challenge of welcoming,” Francis said when he inaugurated it in 2019.

"His gestures and exultations in favour of refugees and displaced persons are countless." Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re reflects on the last memory of the late Pope Francis and his work for refugees and migrants. trib.al/8WWtRGD 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube

Speeches from and about Pope Francis … talking of peace, futility of war, kindness, tolerance and humility. A translator may be required to explain these concepts to Donald Trump … #PopeFrancisFuneral

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re has appeared to criticise Donald Trump in his homily recalling the life of Pope Francis. “’Build bridges, not walls’ was an exhortation [Francis] repeated many times,” he said

Please god let the next one be even half as compassionate and accepting as Pope Francis. #popefrancisfuneral

Hopefully, our species will learn to help the least of us...to cease making war on each other...to protect our environment: vegetable; animal and mineral. To cease the hatred. The ignorance. #popefrancisfuneral

“He was a Pope among the people, with an open heart to everyone. He was also a Pope attentive to the signs of the times and what the Holy Spirit was awakening in the Church.” Cardinal Battista Re, homily at the funeral Mass of Pope Francis. #popefrancisfuneral

Left: President Trump at Pope Francis's funeral Right: Pope Francis saying Donald Trump isn't Christian because he thinks of building walls not bridges, followed by Trump calling Pope Francis disgraceful

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach. Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

These are the true "photos of the day". Pope's close friend, standing alone and crying too close to the coffin, and a group of refugees and outcasts holding white flowers as special guests by Francis' own request. #popefrancisfuneral