The doctor and President of the Israeli Union of Brazil told Claudio Lutenberg, CNN This Pope Francis will leave a “great longing” in the Jewish society, and expects the heritage of the Pope and the search for the inter -dialogue that he proposed, not only over the years, but he is improving a new leader of the Catholic Church.
“The Pope was a very close friend of the Jewish conference in Latin America in the Jewish world … He was happy with the presence of the Jews, so the golden age was in terms of relations,” he said.
In the 12 years, he held the position of Pope, Argentine Jorge Mario Bergolio was born on the union of religions, condemning anti -Semitism, prejudice and intolerance, and the search for peace between peoples.
Remembering the Vatican visit, Lottenberg stated that the Pope was ashamed of the Holocaust events, and the Church’s obstruction to interfere in this event.
“He admitted to me a visit that was pleased to do there in the Vatican itself, and that he was ashamed of what happened during the Holocaust episode, the Church’s inability to interfere in preventing this event, and perhaps the most tragic in the history of the Jewish people for sure, but I am thinking about one of the worst, so that it did not happen,”
In February last year, the Pope classified the forms of anti -Judaism and anti -Semitism, and classified it as a “sin against God.” Regarding the follow -up of the legacy left by Francisco, Lottenberg stated that the religious “translates a new mentality”, which should not be changed.
“In relying on who is chosen, of course this may be better or worse, more than before or slower, but I am optimistic … I have the impression that we have a journey that means the prosperity of what he preached and defends and what means more understanding between those who disagree.”
The death of the Pope
The leader of the Catholic Church since March 2013, after the death of the 16th Benedict, Francisco was distinguished by the Vatican history as the first Pope in Latin America and the first Jesuit to hold this position.
The Vatican doctor Andrea Arkangeli said in a death certificate issued on Monday (21) of the 88 -year -old Pope. The ink died after a stroke and irreversible heart failure.
The body was expected to be placed on a coffin on Monday. Last Wednesday morning (23), the funeral of the leader of the Catholic Church will start open to the believers. The funeral has not been launched, a ceremony that preceded the burial of Francis, yet.
History of health
Pope Francis has suffered from various crises from health problems in the past two years.
It was especially vulnerable to pneumonia after developing the pleura as an adult young membrane, which is the membrane that covers the lungs. Because of the case, he had part of one of the removed members.
In July 2021, the Pope was 33 cm of the colon that was removed in a six -hour process aimed at treating an intestinal condition called stimulant inflammation. Indeed in 2023, Francisco was taken to hospital on two different occasions.
In March, the leader of the Catholic Church was transferred to the hospital after complaining that he had difficulty breathing, and quickly recovered after receiving antibiotics for bronchitis. In June, the ink spent another nine days in the hospital for abdominal surgery, and the second in the area for two years.
The Pope also used a wheelchair in recent years due to knee and back pain. During hospital treatment, physical therapy continued to help move.
*Under the supervision of Thiago Felix
