(21 Apr 2025)
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Bethlehem, West Bank – 21 April 2025
1. Wide of Church of Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem
2. Mid of of Church of Nativity bell tower
3. Wide of store and people walking
4. Pictures of Pope Francis at the entrance of store in the West Bank city of Bethlehem
5. Set up shot of Anton Salman, Mayor of Bethlehem:
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Anton Salman, Mayor of Bethlehem:
" We received the news of Pope Francis’s death this morning with deep sorrow, as Pope Francis, in his position, status, and personality, represented two aspects. The first aspect was as the head of the Catholic Church, which he led over the past years, and the second was his humanitarian message, which he was always keen to spread and talk about to restore the value and meaning of humanity, and so that humans could feel or return to adopting the concept that humans are equals."
7. Cutaway a busy street with Palestinian flags near a police station.
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Anton Salman, Mayor of Bethlehem:
"The Pope is a great loss. The Pope was one of the world leaders supporting the Palestinian cause with clear and explicit positions. His statements were very explicit, as he sought to achieve a just and comprehensive peace in the region. He aimed to establish the Palestinian state as a party in recognised the Palestine state, dedicating a large part of his time to achieving peace in the region. His death is considered a loss to the Catholic Church and a loss to humanity."
9. Wide shot of people walking near the Church of the Nativity
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Zain Mabouk, Nazareth resident:
"He was a good man, he was a person who wanted peace, he was the Messenger of God, his loss is something very painful."
11. Various of people walking at market in Bethlehem city
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Matthew Kassis, 43, Bethlehem resident:
"Certainly, it saddened us with his passing because this pope was a humble man, a humble religious man who loved peace and had many positive traits. He shows sympathy for all oppressed people. And as you can see today, it is a sad day for the death of a religious man known to all nations for his humanity"
13. Close up of flags atop of Nativity church
14. Various of exterior of Nativity church and its bell tower
STORYLINE:
Tributes to Pope Francis have poured in from the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday after the Vatican announced the pontiff’s death at age 88.
Anton Salman, Mayor of Bethlehem, said he had heard the news with "deep sorrow."
The Pope was one of the world leaders supporting the Palestinian cause with clear and explicit positions," he said.
"His death is considered a loss to the Catholic Church and a loss to humanity."
Zain Mabouk, a resident from Nazareth, called him a "messenger of God."
"He was a good man, he was a person who wanted peace."
Matthew Kassis, a Bethlehem resident, said Francis had shown sympathy for all "oppressed people."
The Vatican said Francis died at 7:35 a.m. Monday.
He had suffered from chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man.
Francis was admitted to Rome’s 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.
AP Video by Amer Abdeen
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