{"id":8498,"date":"2025-04-22T11:56:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T09:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/?p=8498"},"modified":"2025-04-26T10:35:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T08:35:26","slug":"pope-francis-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/?p=8498","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>ANNOUNCEMENTS:<\/strong><br><br>Issued by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en.html\">Vatican News<\/a><strong> <\/strong>&#8211; Pope Francis died on Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican&#8217;s Casa Santa Marta.<br><br>Issued by the <a href=\"https:\/\/adct.org.za\/\">Archdiocese of Cape Town<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DeathPopeFrancis.pdf\">Requiescat in pace: Pope Francis<\/a> (PDF)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FUNERAL PROCEEDINGS<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250426_Booklet-for-the-Celebration_Funeral-Mass-of-the-Roman-Pontiff-Francis_26-April-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Booklet for the Celebration Funeral Mass of the Roman Pontiff Francis &#8211; Saturday 26 April 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vatican Media Live - English\" width=\"910\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EEM7a3mHMR4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SPECIAL MASS FOR POPE FRANCIS AT HOLY REDEEMER:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">If you missed our Special Mass (below), celebrating the life of Pope Francis, you can watch it on YouTube &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/4EWPzvcnkSE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/4EWPzvcnkSE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MassHRPope-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MassHRPope-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MassHRPope-sm.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MassHRPope-sm-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MassHRPope-sm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MassHRPope-sm-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NewzroomAfrica.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/newzroom405?__cft__[0]=AZW_0sT_eLU7WdOXQybZ4t7rPQA-V_o_wNHrJ1nP7sHN66I80vQ9ZqfUPcUQpiqWjj2jE0SVsi4sP9mY_bLenIfqZCKQvbkLSDBGJrosEngDt5BetYRrMzu49AnrCBQ4AzcvjHixNQrdBukN2PXoJ7iVRs38oUkGCAYpoT1P9U43h2OtLYxWJUm0mVlr3agzxmoS0sGFCiDaFMxi4334JlHS&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Newzroom Afrika<\/a> interviewing our Parish Priest, Fr Gerard McCabe CSsR, on the passing of Pope Francis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-southern-cross wp-block-embed-the-southern-cross\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"mcTf8X9j7J\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scross.co.za\/2025\/04\/popes-funeral-rites-a-celebration-of-hope-to-begin-late-april-21\/\">Pope&#8217;s funeral rites, a celebration of hope, to begin late April 21<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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