Bonino: 'Shock and a sense of emptiness at the death of the Pope'

Of course, there was distance from the great battles of abortion and euthanasia carried out by the Radicals, but a shared interest in issues such as “prison, immigrants and all the disinherited of the earth.” Emma Bonino, in an interview with La Stampa, recalls Pope Francis, whom she received on a private visit to her home in November 2024. “We both admitted that we didn't get along on many issues,” Bonino pointed out, recalling that, on the iss…

Emma Bonino recalls her special relationship with Pope Francis, a collaboration on issues such as immigration and prison, despite differences on abortion and eut...

Just two months ago, Hans Billing met Pope Francis in Rome. As he was sitting in his car on Monday morning, the news of his death came over the car radio. “It’s sad, but I’m also happy to have had the chance to meet him,” says Hans Billing after Monday’s high mass.

At 5 p.m. on Easter Monday, the church bells rang in Styria, many believers said goodbye to Pope Francis in prayer. Concern is also great in Styria. Representatives from the church and politics pay tribute to the deceased. "I am very sad, because I feel very attached to Pope Francis, diocesan bishop Wilhelm Krautwaschl opens his words of mourning. "He has appointed me bishop, several times I met him, he remembers. "Place for everyone in the chur…

'I received the news with deep emotion' (ANSA)

The head of the Catholic Church died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 as a result of a stroke. The news also triggered mourning in northern Germany. [more] "Pope Francis has sought closeness to the people - to the last"