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(NewsNation) — Vice President JD Vance and the White House shared condolences Monday pursuing the death of Pope Francis, 88.
“I conscionable learned of the passing of Pope Francis. My bosom goes retired to the millions of Christians each implicit the satellite who loved him,” Vance wrote connected X on Monday. “I was blessed to spot him yesterday, though helium was evidently precise ill. But I’ll ever retrieve him for the beneath homily helium gave successful the precise aboriginal days of COVID. It was truly rather beautiful. May God remainder his soul.”
Francis, the 266th caput of the Catholic Church, was hospitalized successful February, staying 5 weeks with treble pneumonia that required precocious flows of oxygen and blood transfusions.
Vance, a Catholic convert, met with Francis concisely connected Easter Sunday, a time earlier his passing. The Vatican said the brushwood lasted conscionable a fewer minutes and was designed to let for an exchange of Easter greetings.
The White House besides posted an undated photograph to X of President Donald Trump and archetypal woman Melania Trump with Francis and a caller photograph of Vance and Francis shaking hands. The photos were captioned, "Rest successful Peace, Pope Francis."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
