US EditionDeath is a new beginning, Pope Francis wrote in preface to book
- Pope Francis wrote a preface on February 7, 2025, in Vatican City stating that death is a new beginning, featured in a book by Cardinal Angelo Scola.
- The preface reflects on old age and death, inspired by Scola’s experiences and roles, emphasizing death as the start of eternity rather than an end.
- Scola’s book discusses grandparents’ wisdom, suffering in old age, and the consoling certainty that death initiates a new stage beyond earthly life.
- Pope Francis, who often taught that death should not be feared, described it as the start of a new phase rather than the conclusion of existence, emphasizing the continuation of eternal life.
- Francis died at 88 after illness and will have a funeral with world leaders attending, marking the close of a turbulent yet impactful papacy that championed the marginalized.
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The pontiff wrote the foreword of a book a week before his admission to the Gemelli Polyclinic; the work will be published this Thursday.
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ACI Africa‘Death is not the end of everything’: Vatican releases pope’s reflections on aging, dying
Pope Francis prays at the “Garden of Angels” section of the Laurentino Cemetery in Rome on All Souls’ Day, Nov. 2, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 22, 2025 / 13:26 pm (CNA). The Vatican on Tuesday released a previou... [...]
Vatican releases pope’s reflections on aging, dying
Pope Francis prays at the “Garden of Angels” section of the Laurentino Cemetery in Rome on All Souls’ Day, Nov. 2, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 22, 2025 / 13:26 pm (CNA). The Vatican on Tuesday released a previously unpublished text by Pope Francis following his passing on Monday containing the late pontiff’s reflections on aging and death. “We must not be afraid of old age; we must not fear embracing becoming old…
“Death is not the end of everything, but the beginning of something (...) It is a new beginning,” writes Pope Francis, who died this Monday at 88, in an unpublished text, the foreword to a book by Cardinal Angelo Scola that will be published on April 24.
‘Death Is Not the End of Everything’: Vatican Releases Pope’s Reflections On Aging, Dying
Vatican Media Pope Francis prays at the “Garden of Angels” section of the Laurentino Cemetery in Rome on All Souls’ Day, Nov. 2, 2024. On this note, Francis pointed to the role of grandparents in society, emphasizing their role in promoting the 'balanced development of the young' and a culture of peace.
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