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A number of Hollywood stars, together with Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Sylvester Stallone and others, paid tributes to Pope Francis who died on Easter Monday, April 21.
Comic Whoopi Goldberg, who met the Pope in 2023 and once more final 12 months, shared a heartfelt message for him accompanied by a photograph of their assembly.
“He was the closest in a very long time that appeared to keep in mind that Christ’s love enveloped believer and none believer. He felt extra like Pope John the twenty third who made perception actual. Sail on, Pope Francis, along with your love of humanity & Laughter.”
Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio posted a prolonged tribute to Pope Francis on Instagram. He remembered the Bishop of Rome for his “environmental reform and activism.”
“Pope Francis was a transformational chief — not just for the Catholic Church, but in addition for environmental reform and activism,” he wrote, referencing the pope’s 2015 encyclical “Laudato Si’.”
He recalled assembly with the pope about local weather change earlier than filming the documentary “Earlier than the Flood” in 2016, calling the expertise “enlightening, deeply shifting and thought-provoking.”
“Through the filming of my documentary Earlier than the Flood in 2016, I had the glory of sitting down with Pope Francis for a dialog on the pressing want to deal with local weather change. That have was enlightening, deeply shifting and thought-provoking,” wrote Leonardo DiCaprio.
Russell Crowe, who met Pope Francis in 2014, paid tribute on X alongside a photograph of the Rome skyline.
“A ravishing day in Rome, however a tragic day for the trustworthy,” he wrote. “RIP Francis.”
After assembly the pope final 12 months, Jimmy Fallon wrote on his Instagram Story: “It was an honour assembly Pope Francis final summer time. I am glad I made you chortle. Thanks to your encouraging phrases. Relaxation in peace.”
Sylvester Stallone additionally posted pictures from his personal encounter with the pope and wrote: “A beautiful, great man! Relaxation in peace holy father!”
Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, on the age of 88 at his residence within the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta, based on a press release from the Vatican.
Earlier on Sunday. The Pope delivered his Easter message from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica to hundreds of individuals gathered in Vatican Sq..
The 88-year-old head of the Roman Catholic Church was not too long ago discharged from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, the place he spent 5 weeks receiving remedy for an an infection that led to double pneumonia.
On Easter Sunday, he was capable of supply the “Urbi et Orbi” blessing to the town of Rome and to the world. Solely the pope can supply this blessing, which incorporates the supply of an indulgence, a remission for the consequences of sins.
He devoted the Easter Urbi et Orbi message to calling for peace worldwide, world disarmament, and the discharge of prisoners.
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