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.

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