The last days of the Pope, which joined the Vatican crowds on Easter, despite the advice of doctors

In the middle of the day on Monday, the bells of the church began across Italy in losses. Pope Francis had died.

It has not passed up to 24 hours since its appearance on the balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square, and the blessing of 35,000 people who gathered to celebrate Easter in the Vatican.

The Pope was breathing alone, without oxygen pipes, although his doctors were told two months after 38 days in the hospital with double pneumonia.

Over the past two weeks, Francis has always done what he has always done, received visitors and met people from every walk.

When he appeared on Easter on Sunday, the crowd erupted below in chants as it appeared; Then silence.

He said with his heavy voice with effort: “Dear brothers and sisters, I wish you a happy Easter.”

He had to be his last words in public places.

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“I think people can feel something – as if they could say that it was the last time they saw,” said Mauro, a resident of Rome who was in Saint Peter’s Square to buy Easter and now to pay his respect.

“Everyone is crying out” the Pope has long lived! “… this time it was quieter than usual, perhaps there was greater respect for his suffering.”

“He left us, but his voice was a peel,” a man named Alberto told the BBC. “I think he was giving us the last farewell.”

The doctors who treated Francis at Jimille Hospital in Rome described a system of full comfort – but it is never likely to remain the active Pope, most of them spent in the papacy meeting.

Francis has already explained that he wanted to return to the Vatican in time for Easter, as soon as they treat specialists that his health problems will not be solved quickly.

For Christians, Easter is more important than Christmas because it symbolizes a basic principle of their faith – the birth of Christ, three days after his liquefaction on the cross.

Before taking it out on March 23, Francis panel for crowds from the hospital as well, then returned to his quarters in the house of Casa Santa Marta who made his home.

His medical team said that everything he needed was the oxygen, and there was better than the hospital with all its infection.

Easter was only three weeks away, and as it approached, the Pope’s schedule became increasingly busy.

King Charles and Queen Camilla met in Casa Saint Marta, then he appeared on the Vatican balcony for four days after four days on April 13, mixed with a crowd of 20,000 people in St. Peter’s Square, against the advice of doctors.

But for the Pope, Easter was the most important time for everyone.

Last Thursday, as he did several times before, while he used to do in his hometown Argentina before he became the Pope, he visited Regina Cole Prison in Rome, where he spent half an hour in an interview with prisoners and received applause from the employees and his guards upon his arrival in a wheelchair.

In previous years, he was washed the feet of the guests, reflecting what Jesus was told with his students on the night before his death.

“This year I cannot do this, but I can stay near you,” he said in a weak voice to dozens of prisoners who came to see.

A man told the Italian media: “We are very lucky. Those abroad cannot see and do,” a man told the Italian media.

While he was leaving the prison, Francis journalist was asked how to try Easter this year.

He replied, “Which I can.”

On Sunday, he kept his promise.

He held a short meeting with US Vice President JD Vance before appearing in front of the crowds in Saint Peter Square with the outbreak of the crowd below in chants.

He made his final blessing – Urbi et Orbi in Latin, which means “for the city and the world.” Then, bishops, Diego Rafli, read a letter written by the Pope while Francis silently sat next to him.

After that, to surprise everyone, he descended to St. Peter’s Square, where he was wandering in Boubohbil, the distinctive white-sides of the Benz that the popes used to meet the crowds.

He followed a camera around him raising his arm to bless the lining secure in the sunny square, and a few children were transferred to him. It was the last time the world was alive.

When watching the blessing of Francis on Sunday, Alberto felt from Rome that he would not last longer, although the Pope’s death is still a shock.

“I didn’t feel happy to see him, I can say he was suffering from pain,” he said. “But the honor of honor was to see him once.”

Francis died early on Monday in Habib Kaza Santa Marta-Mouqar Residence of 100 Simple rooms, run by nuns and opens for pilgrims and visitors.

Shortly more than two hours, Cardinal Chamberlain, or Camelingo, stood in Casa Santa Marta and made public news.

The Vatican said on Monday evening that he died due to a stroke and irreversible heart failure.

The Pope’s rooms were far from the opening of the Vatican, which was usually known for Pontif, which Francis rejected at the beginning of the door, saying that he felt the need to “live among people.”

He said at that time: “If I lived myself, perhaps even in isolation, it will not be useful for me.”

In the coming days, the Cardinals from all over the world will remain in Casa Santa Marta as they gathered in Rome to the successor of Francis.

Outside, in the bright sunlight in Saint Peter’s Square, people mixed with priests and monks under the Church of Basilica.

A group of nuns wearing gray and white glowing to a man, headphones, danced around the square. “No respect,”

The same large screens that broadcast the grace of the Pope of Easter now showed a picture of Francis, smiling and notifying that a special rosary was held for him 12 hours after his death.

The Catholics will be allowed near and after the prayer for the Pope – and thanked him for celebrating it on the last Easter with them.