Mexico mourns beloved 'pontiff of the people'

Carolina Garcia MEXICALI, B.C. (T3) – Flowers and candles were placed under an image that has been inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexicali since Monday, so that Catholic faithful can go to pray and ask for the eternal rest of Pope Francis. Faustino Miranda attends the 12 o'clock Mass every day, but he attended earlier on Monday, moved by the death of the first Latin American pope. “Because we are a bit orphaned, because suddenl…

Mexico mourns beloved 'pontiff of the people'

Mexico, which has the world's second largest population of catholics, showed its love for the beloved 'Papa Francisco' as thousands gathered at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the capital. Many citizens remember him fondly for his defense of migrants, though he was divisive among conservative clergy and leaders, reports FRANCE 24's Ioan Grillo from Mexico city.

Mexico woke up with the news that Pope Francis had died. After convalescing since February, the pontiff died Monday at 88 years of age. Argentina has decreed seven days of mourning for its pope, presidents and ex-mandators have reacted to the death and have qualified Bergoglio as a defender of human rights, committed to the weakest and a humanist in search of equality. Claudia Sheinbaum, president of Mexico, met the Pope during his presidential …

Mexicanos en duelo por el papa Francisco abarrotan la Basílica de Guadalupe - Latino-News - El periódico de los hispanos

Miles de personas se reunieron en la Basílica de Guadalupe en Ciudad de México tras la noticia del fallecimiento del papa Francisco, el primer pontífice

Mexico City, 21 Apr (EFE).- Thousands of Mexicans gathered this Monday in the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, called by the collective mourning after the death of Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, whose legacy of peace and humility resonates in many hearts. From the municipality of Chimalhuacán, State of Mexico, in the vicinity of the capital, Ramiro Escamilla and his wife Rosaura moved to the Basilica of Guadalupe to give th…

Mexico mourns death of Pope Francis, Latin America's first pontiff

Mexicans from all walks of life are mourning the death on Monday of Pope Francis, 88, after 12 years serving as the pontiff.  The passing of the first Latin American Pope was felt deeply in Mexico, a nation that has the largest number of Catholics after Brazil. The fact that Francis was a Spanish-speaking native of Latin America helped endear him to Mexicans, which was not lost on the Pope himself, who, like most visitors to the country, embrace…