(21 Apr 2025)
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Cairo, Egypt – 21 April 2025
1. Various of members of the Latin Catholic church community gathering in a social club in Cairo
2. SOUNDBITE(Arabic) Phoebe Wahba, Cairo resident:
"He was a living example of Jesus at a time where the world is dark, the world is witnessing wars and ugly things are happening but he was in his life and throughout many situations that we have seen love, humility, peace that could be seen to the whole world, he managed to show that there are still people who can be light to the world, this was my feeling that we have lost something but also I have faith that this light was delivered by him to other people inside and outside the church"
3. People inside club
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Carlo Spiro, Cairo resident:
"It was a very saddening news, a coincidence that comforts our hearts is that he died during the time of easter and the resurrection of Christ, I don’t think it is a coincidence but more of God’s arrangement."
5. People gathering
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Samah Shenouda, Cairo resident:
"He was exactly following the steps of Jesus, a true servant leader, humility, service, care and inclusion, he was a truly inspiring person and his death today is an inspiration to me personally that I’ll try to follow"
7. Set up of Bishop Claudio Lurati, bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria, which serves as the primary jurisdiction for Latin Catholics in Egypt, inside church
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Bishop Claudio Lurati, bishop for the Catholic Latin community in Egypt:
"I think, everybody felt touched by his humility and by his total lack of aggression towards everybody. So, he was really a man of peace looking for dialogue in all circumstances. He travelled all over the world, I was reading this morning that he travelled in 67 countries, it is a big thing, also in countries that were the catholic presence is really a minority, a very tiny minority, even there he went because he knew he had a purpose that he had to meet people"
9. Virgin Mary statue
STORYLINE:
Members of the Latin Catholic church community in Cairo commented on the passing of Pope Francis on Monday, honouring his humility, service, care and inclusion.
Many saw him as an inspiration and described his path as "following the steps of Jesus, a true servant leader" .
Pope Francis was history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died at age 88 on Monday.
Claudio Lurati, Bishop for Latin Catholics in Egypt, stated that he was man of peace who always believed in dialogue.
"I think, everybody felt touched by his humility and by his total lack of aggression towards everybody. So, he was really a man of peace looking for dialogue in all circumstances" said Lurati.
Francis, who suffered from chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, was admitted to Gemelli hospital on Feb. 14, 2025, for a respiratory crisis that developed into double pneumonia.
He spent 38 days there, the longest hospitalization of his 12-year papacy.
He made his last public appearance on Easter Sunday — a day before his death — to bless thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square, drawing wild cheers and applause. Beforehand, he met briefly with U.S. Vice President JD Vance.
Francis performed the blessing from the same loggia where he was introduced to the world on March 13, 2013 as the 266th pope.
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