At 1:35 in the morning of yesterday Dominican time the Vatican reported the death of dad Francisco: “He returned to the father’s house. All his life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and his Church“said Camarlengo Kevin Ferrell.
He dad Francisco, a name that welcomed the Argentine cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio when he was chosen high pontiff of the Church Católica, on March 13, 2013, has had a whole life consecrated to the faith.
He was chosen by the 115 cardinals in the Sistine Chapel of El Vaticanafter Benedict XVI presented his resignation on February 28 that year, when he declared that he had no strength. Benedict XVI, name assumed by German Joseph Ratzinger, assumed in 2005, after the death of John Paul II.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio He was born on December 17, 1936 in the Flores neighborhood of the Buenos Aires city, in Argentina. He was the first son of the marriage of the Italians Mario José Francisco Bergoglio and by Regina María Sivori, a railway employee and a housewife, respectively.
Your first contacts with the faith They learned it from their grandmother and the nuns of the kindergarten of the Nuestra Señora de la Misericordia Institute, where he received his first communion.
At age 17, he made the decision to lean for the priestly vocation and five years later, he entered a seminar directed by Jesuits. In honor of them he chose the name of Francisco.
The future dad made was sent to Chili In 1960 to perform the novitiate. A year later, he studied humanities and philosophy, achieving a degree in Theology at the Máximo de San Miguel College.
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Various figures of Republic Dominican They have traveled to him Vatican To meet with him dad Francisco. He president Luis Abinader and his family did it on May 23, 2024.
Two years before, on June 23, 2022, he also visited the Dad the Vice President Raquel Peña.
In 2015, the Vice President Margarita Cedeño visited the dad Francisco, along with the boy Rafael de Jesús Minaya, de Gurabo, Santiago and in 2014, the president Danilo Medina also visited him.
President Luis Abinader declared three days of official mourning as of today for the death of Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88 at his residence in the Santa Marta house. In a decree, Abinader highlighted the figure of the pontiff “as a global leader who promoted important reforms within the Catholic Church and was characterized by his humility, openness to dialogue and commitment to peace between peoples.” During the Duel Conference, the national flag will wave at half -mast in military enclosures and public buildings.
Although he did not visit the Dominican Republic during his pontificate, Francisco maintained a close relationship with the country, showing gestures of solidarity and empathy in difficult times, such as his prayer for the victims of the recent tragedy that occurred in a disco. With this provision, the Dominican government “adds to the expressions of regret for the departure of a man who, beyond his religious role, distinguished himself by his commitment to humanity, inclusion and hope.”
