{"id":20407,"date":"2025-04-23T01:17:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T01:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pope-francis-in-some-of-his-last-words-thanked-nurse-for-chance-to-greet-easter-crowd-vatican-says\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T01:17:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T01:17:14","slug":"pope-francis-in-some-of-his-last-words-thanked-nurse-for-chance-to-greet-easter-crowd-vatican-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pope-francis-in-some-of-his-last-words-thanked-nurse-for-chance-to-greet-easter-crowd-vatican-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis, in some of his last words, thanked nurse for chance to greet Easter crowd, Vatican says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Vatican City \u2014<\/em>\u00a0Pope Francis thanked his personal nurse for encouraging him to greet the crowds in St Peter&#8217;s Square on Easter Sunday, according to the Vatican, which said that these were amongst his last words. The Argentine pontiff, 88, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-dies-age-88-catholic-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">died on Monday<\/a><\/span> morning from a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-death-health-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">stroke and heart failure<\/a><\/span>, less than a month after returning home from five weeks in hospital battling double pneumonia.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Thank you for bringing me back to the square,&#8221; Francis told his nurse, Massimiliano Strappetti, after what would be his final popemobile ride, according to the Vatican News, the Holy See&#8217;s media outlet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do you think I can manage it?&#8221; he had asked Strappetti before the outing, the Vatican said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The medic, in whom he had complete confidence, reassured him.<\/p>\n<p>Francis then spent about 15 minutes waving at the crowd and blessing babies from his popemobile, flanked by numerous bodyguards. He appeared exhausted during the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-easter-sunday-appearance-st-peters-square\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Easter<\/a><\/span> celebrations, but <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-death-easter-sunday-watch-final-public-appearance\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">nevertheless greeted the crowd<\/a><\/span> and drove around St. Peter&#8217;s Square cheered by thousands of rapt worshippers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-none embed--size-medium \"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/pope-francis-wanted-to-be-out-with-the-public-despite-medical-orders-to-isolate\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n              <use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/>\n            <\/svg><br \/>\n          <\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">Pope Francis wanted to be out with the public despite medical orders to isolate<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">05:26<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While he used an aide to deliver longer remarks, Francis said to the crowd in his own weakened voice: &#8220;Brothers and sisters, Happy Easter!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Viva il Papa! [Long live the pope!],&#8221; the crowd chanted in response.<\/p>\n<p>There were no oxygen tubes or other medical devices seen as Francis rode in his open-air popemobile a mere three weeks after he was\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-hospital-appearance-release-vatican\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">discharged<\/a><\/span>\u00a0from a five-week hospital stay for life-threatening double pneumonia.<\/p>\n<p>The pope then spent Sunday afternoon resting in his Vatican residence, Casa Santa Marta, and had a peaceful dinner, Vatican News reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, at around 5:30 a.m. local time (11:30 p.m. EDT Sunday), &#8220;the first signs of illness appeared,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>More than an hour later, Francis waved to Strappetti from his bed in what the media site described as &#8220;a gesture of farewell&#8221; before falling into a coma. He was <a href=\"http:\/\/s.com\/news\/measles-outbreak-us-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">declared dead<\/a> at 7:35 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He did not suffer. It all happened quickly,&#8221; Vatican News said, quoting people who were with the pontiff in his final moments. &#8220;It was a discreet death, almost sudden, without long suffering or public alarm, for a pope who had always been very reserved about his health.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/22\/542033dc-1c95-4e21-8e69-076687c327b0\/thumbnail\/1240x806\/d47591f74d0edfba8388eee8f321c622\/pope-francis-coffin-santa-marta-cu.jpg?v=edaea84d9f9990d3a4d8ddf0e6fb4e98#\" alt=\"pope-francis-coffin-santa-marta-cu.jpg \" height=\"806\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Pope Francis&#8217; body is seen in a coffin in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence at the Vatican, where the late pontiff resided and then died at the age of 88, on April 21, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Handout\/Vatican News service<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the past, Francis credited Strappetti with once having saving his life for persuading him to undergo surgery for an inflammation in his intestine.<\/p>\n<p>The College of Cardinals announced Tuesday that <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-open-casket-funeral-date-plans-announced-vatican\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Pope Francis&#8217; funeral will be held on Saturday<\/a><\/span> at 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. EDT) at St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-death-what-happens-next-funeral-conclave\/\" target=\"_blank\" 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