Diocese of Fresno remembers Pope Francis

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- As bells tolled successful Vatican City Monday, commemorating the decease of Pope Francis, truthful did the bells astatine St. John's Cathedral successful downtown Fresno.

Black cloth has been draped astir the beforehand doorway of the cathedral and astir a photograph of the pope inside.

Notably the pontiff's passing comes during the holiest clip successful the Christian calendar, conscionable hours aft marking Easter Sunday with thousands successful Saint Peter's Square which would go his last nationalist appearance.

"His assemblage yesterday was a awesome of his spot arsenic a leader. He wanted to beryllium with his radical nary substance what, nary substance however helium was feeling," said Chandler Marquez, spokesperson for the Catholic Diocese of Fresno.

Bishop Joseph Brennan released the pursuing statement:

"Pope Francis' unwavering tone of work has near a profound and lasting interaction connected the beingness of our Church. May his illustration of compassion and outreach proceed to animate america all. I inquire that you articulation maine successful prayer:

Eternal remainder assistance unto him, O Lord, and fto perpetual airy radiance upon him. As we navigate done the ceremonies and processes of the coming days, we volition proceed to supply you with information."

Pope Francis, the archetypal from Latin America, was known arsenic a reformer, encouraging the religion to beryllium much inclusive and opening the doors to all.

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