Pope Francis wrote in a preface to a book a few days before it was hospitalized that death should not be seen as the end of life, but as the beginning of eternity. The work that will be published this week.
The 88-year-old pontiff died on Monday, after suffering a stroke and a cardiac arrest, ending a pontificate in which he often conflicted with the traditionalists and defended the poor and marginalized.
Francisco spent five weeks at the hospital earlier this year due to bilateral pneumonia, but returned to his Vatican home almost a month ago and seemed to be recovering.
“Death is not the end of everything, but the beginning of something. It is a new beginning … because eternal life, that those who love they already begin to experiment on Earth, is the beginning of something that will never end,” the Pope wrote in a book about the old age of the Italian cardinal Angelo Scola.
“For this reason, this (death) is a ‘new’ beginning, because we will live something we never live fully before: eternity,” he added.
Francisco, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, highlighted several times during his pontificate that death was not a theme that should be avoided.
In a message for young people gathered in Mexico City in 2019, he stated that “the issue of death is the issue of life,” emphasizing that facing the issue helped people truly appreciate the value of life.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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