Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday. He was 88 and had suffered a serious bout of double pneumonia.
The following are reactions to his death:
U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI
ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT JAVIER MILEI
France's Ambassador to Bolivia Helene Roos, signs the condolence book for Pope Francis, following the death of the pontiff, at the Nunciature, in La Paz, Bolivia April 21, 2025.
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FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON
FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
U.S. VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE
FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTONIO GUTERRES
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE PRESIDENT THOMAS BACH
CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN, ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK
MEXICAN PRESIDENT CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM
HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN
COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT GUSTAVO PETRO
BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA
CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY
INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI
JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER:
GERMAN CHANCELLOR OLAF SCHOLZ
BRITAIN'S KING CHARLES
PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT FERDINAND MARCOS JR
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY
EGYPT'S PRESIDENT ABDEL FATTAH AL-SISI
TURKISH PRESIDENT TAYYIP ERDOGAN
ISRAEL'S PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG
PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS
IRELAND'S PREMIER MICHEAL MARTIN
NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU
KENYAN PRESIDENT WILLIAM RUTO
SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA
LEBANESE PRESIDENT JOSEPH AOUN
PORTUGUESE PRIME MINISTER LUIS MONTENEGRO
AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY ALBANESE
A woman prays during Mass in honor of Pope Francis, following the death of the pontiff, at a Cathedral in Lima, Peru April 21, 2025.
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IRANIAN PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN
SOUTH KOREAN ACTING PRESIDENT HAN DUCK-SOO
THAI PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA
ANNE BARRETT DOYLE, CO-DIRECTOR, BISHOP ACCOUNTABILITY CLERGY SEX ABUSE-TRACKING GROUP
DUBAI'S SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL-MAKTOUM
