Celebrities React To Pope Francis' Passing
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00:00Celebrities react to Pope Francis' passing.
00:03Don't forget to pray for me.
00:07The world is mourning the loss of Pope Francis following his death on Easter Monday at 88 years
00:13old. Vice President J.D. Vance was the first public figure to break the silence,
00:18posting to X scarcely an hour after the Vatican's bulletin.
00:22I was happy to see him yesterday, though he was obviously very ill.
00:26And on social media platform X, Vance said that he, quote, was happy to see him yesterday,
00:31though he was obviously very ill.
00:33The 40 year old wrote of his Easter Sunday audience.
00:36Vance's note was brief, almost businesslike.
00:39Yet the Missouri lawyer turned politician added a line that echoed around Catholic social media.
00:44Millions of Catholics around the world are in mourning after the death of Pope Francis from
00:50a stroke and heart failure.
00:51May God rest his soul.
00:53Commenters quickly recalled that Francis had slipped three oversized chocolate eggs
00:57into Vance's hands for the vice president's children.
01:00A small gesture, now reframed as a valedictory blessing.
01:03Pope Francis, who died earlier today at the age of 88.
01:07Across the Atlantic, King Charles III ordered flags at royal residences to half-mast before issuing a
01:13personal statement.
01:14My wife and I were most deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Pope Francis,
01:18Charles wrote, referring to the man he had met in Rome only three weeks earlier.
01:23Observers noted the monarch's deliberate use of holiness throughout, protocol for a reigning pope,
01:29but also a subtle nod to the respect that had grown between Charles, an Anglican supreme governor,
01:36and the first Jesuit pontiff.
01:37The king added that their April visit, squeezed into Francis' convalescent schedule,
01:43would now be cherished as a final Easter greeting shared between friends.
01:48Palace insiders told The Times the couple were especially moved because Francis insisted on
01:53greeting Camilla even after aides urged a shorter meeting.
01:56The View shelved its opening Hot Topics segment so Whoopi Goldberg could address the audience.
02:02The Oscar winner recounted her 2023 Vatican visit, arranged while she filmed a documentary on
02:08interfaith dialogue, and projected a photo of herself shaking the pontiff's hand.
02:13He laughed at one of my bad jokes about choir robes, Whoopi said, misting up.
02:18On Instagram, she posted the same image with the caption,
02:21He was the closest in a long time that seemed to remember that Christ's love enveloped believer
02:27and non-believer.
02:29Sail on, sir, with your love of humanity and laughter.
02:32Within an hour, the comment section filled with clergy, comedians, and Sister Act fans,
02:38swapping stories about a pope who once called humor a medicine.
02:42Ava Longoria kept her tribute concise, sharing Le Mans' headline to her 9.4 million followers,
02:49and captioning it with a single praying hands emoji.
02:53The post nonetheless drew more than 100,000 likes in the first afternoon,
02:58with Spanish-language comments thanking the Mexican-American actress for signaling solidarity.
03:03Industry insiders pointed out that Francis had screened Longoria's 2017 documentary,
03:09The Harvest, about migrant farm workers, during a Vatican conference on modern topics,
03:15a connection many of her fans were discovering for the first time.
03:19Antonio Banderas opted for a longer reflection in Spanish,
03:23English, and Italian, posted from his Malaga theater.
03:27Pope Francisco has passed, a man who, at the head of the Catholic Church,
03:31showed kindness, love, and mercy to the neediest people, Antonio wrote.
03:37Choosing the Spanish spelling of Francis' papal name,
03:40he paired the text with an unfiltered selfie taken during a 2015 refugee rights audience,
03:46the pontiff clasping his arm.
03:47Film critics quickly resurfaced Banderas' remarks from last year,
03:51when he said Francis' openness toward artists made him,
03:53the first pope who feels like a neighbor rather than a monarch.
03:56Adjoa Ando, Lady Danbury to Bridgerton fans, took to threads,
04:01crafting a theologian's preside in under 280 characters, within the constraints of his tradition,
04:07manifestly compassionate, and standing with the marginalized.
04:11What a loss.
04:12Fans of the Netflix period drama replied with gifs of Danbury's trademark,
04:16Head Tilt, writing that Ando's words felt exactly like something
04:20her fierce on-screen matriarch would pronounce.
04:23Political leaders matched the celebrity chorus.
04:26Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called Francis the people's pope,
04:32a sincere friend of the Amazon, a reference to the pontiff's 2019 Rainforest Synod.
04:38Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska tweeted in both Ukrainian and Italian,
04:44thanking him for breaking his voice for peace, even when bombs drowned it out.
04:50Even Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose relationship with the Vatican had been frosty,
04:56wrote on X that Francis bridged faith and science, tradition, and modernity.
05:02Catholic musicians added a quieter harmony.
05:05Andrea Bocelli posted a video clip of his 2016 performance in St. Peter's Square, writing,
05:12The echo of your prayer is still in my ears.
05:15Country singer Dolly Parton, raised Pentecostal but famously ecumenical, wrote,
05:20You showed the world that a shepherd's crook can reach well beyond fences.
05:25Gospel legend Cece Wynons recorded a 30-second hymn verse on Instagram Live,
05:30dedicating it to our brothers and sisters grieving tonight.