Messages of condolence from all over the world for the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI are multiplying.
He was 95 years old.
Scholz, the world is losing "an exceptional figure"
of the Catholic Church.
So the German chancellor
Emmanuel Macron
, "My thoughts are with the Catholics of France and the world, mourning the departure of His Holiness Benedict XVI, who worked with soul and intelligence for a more fraternal world," the French head of state tweeted
Father Federico Lombardi
, the legacy he leaves us is that characteristic of a theologian called to the see of Peter, who confirmed his brothers in the faith with teaching, sacramental service and witness of life". Thus concludes a long editorial of the Jesuit magazine, Civiltà Cattolica
Robert Sarah
, "Creator God of Heaven and Earth, we ask you to welcome into your eternity our dear Pope Benedict. His soul rests in peace. 'I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.' This is the tweet that the African cardinal, one of Benedict XVI's closest collaborators
Eugenia Roccella
was among the first to see the most insidious danger to social rights in human manipulation.
And at the crossroads of history he bet on the awakening of a West threatened from without and even more from within, by a nihilistic drift.
Alessandra Locatelli
, "each of us is the fruit of a thought of God. Each of us is wanted, each is loved, each is necessary".
The Minister for Disabilities writes it in a post on Facebook
Anna Maria Bernini
, your thoughts will continue to light the way for all those who have found a beacon in Pope Benedict XVI.
With great emotion and sincere regret we lose one of the most authoritative spiritual and intellectual guides in the history of the contemporary Church".
Giuseppe Valditara
, "great pain for the loss of an important spiritual guide: Benedict XVI, a courageous Pope and refined theologian".
This is what the Minister of Education and Merit writes on Twitter
Giovanni Toti,
"farewell to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the one who refounded reason in the journey of faith. Liguria remembers his trip in May 2008 between Savona and Genoa and for the whole world he will remain an example of wisdom and devotion to Church. A great theologian, a pope we will never forget".
Thus the president of the Liguria Region
Eugenio Giani,
"in addition to his great theological studies, Joseph Ratzinger will go down in history as the first Pope who, after six centuries, had the courage to resign during his mandate, we will remember him for this".
Thus the president of the Tuscany Region
Roberto Gualtieri
, "Enormous condolences for the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a great theologian who with his magisterium has been able to accompany the Church in the contemporary world. The city of Rome clings to the pain of the faithful from all over the world".
The mayor of Rome writes it on Twitter