The doctor and president of the Israelite Confederation of Brazil, Claudio Lottenberg, told CNN That Pope Francis will leave “a feeling of great longing” in the Jewish community, and expects the Pontiff’s legacy and the search for the interreligious dialogue he has proposed, not only continues over the years, but improves from a new leader of the Catholic Church.
“The Pope was a friend very close to the Latin American Jewish Congress of the World Jewish Congress … He was pleased to be with the Jews, so it was a golden age in terms of relationships,” he said.
In the 12 years he served as Pope, the born Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio, preached union between religions, condemning anti -Semitism, prejudice and intolerance, seeking peace among peoples.
Remembering a visit to the Vatican, Lottenberg stated that the pontiff was ashamed of the Holocaust’s events, and the church’s disability to interfere with the event.
“He confessed to me on a visit that I had the pleasure of doing there in the Vatican itself, that he was ashamed much of what happened during the episode of the Holocaust, the inability of the church to interfere to prevent this event, perhaps the most tragic in the history of the Jewish people certainly, but I think of humanity one of the worst, so that it had not happened,” he said.
In February last year, the Pope classified the forms of anti-judaism and anti-Semitism, classifying them as a “sin against God.” In relation to the follow -up of the legacy left by Francisco, Lottenberg stated that the religious “translates a new mindset”, which should not be changed.
“In dependence on whoever is chosen, of course this may be better or worse, progress more prinior or slower, but I am optimistic … I have the impression that we will have a journey that means to prosper what he preached and defended and what means a greater understanding between those who are different,” he said.
Pope’s death
Leader of the Catholic Church since March 2013, after the death of Benedict XVI, Francisco marked the history of the Vatican as the first Latin American Pope and the first Jesuit to occupy the position.
The pontiff died after a stroke and irreversible heart failure, Vatican doctor Andrea Arcangeli said in a death certificate released on Monday (21) of the 88-year-old pontiff.
The body was expected to be placed in a coffin on Monday. On the morning of last Wednesday (23), will begin the funeral of the leader of the Catholic Church, open to the faithful. The date of the funeral, a ceremony that will precede the burial of Francis, has not yet been released.
Health history
Pope Francis has suffered different crises of health problems in the last two years.
He was particularly prone to pulmonary infections after developing pleurisy as a young adult, an inflammation of the membrane that covers the lungs. Due to the condition he had part of one of the organs removed.
In July 2021, the Pope was 33 centimeters from his colon removed in a six -hour operation aimed at treating a intestinal condition called diverticulitis. Already in 2023, Francisco was hospitalized on two different occasions.
In March, the leader of the Catholic Church was taken to hospital after complaining that he had difficulty breathing, and recovered quickly after receiving antibiotics for bronchitis. In June, the pontiff spent nine more days hospitalized to perform abdominal surgery, the second in the region over a period of two years.
The Pope has also used a wheelchair in recent years due to knee and back pain. During hospitalization, he continued with physical therapy to help with mobility.
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This content was originally published in was a golden age in the relationship, says Conib’s president about Papa on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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