some world newspapers – Liberation
Her smiling face, her white cassock or her pontifical tiara are this Tuesday on all newspapers. On the first page of Releasethe pope is displayed in a black and white photo, back, with the title « Perdimus Papam ». The name of this man wishing to dedicate his pontificate to the poor and the peripheries is also read in all languages: « Francisco » In Spain, « Francesco » in Italy and « Francis » in the Anglo-Saxon world. HASu The day after the death of the sovereign pontiff at 88occurred on Monday April 21 at the Vatican at 7:35 am after a Strokethe press of the whole world pays tribute to the sovereign pontiff. The newspapers paint the portrait of a pope « revolutionary » For some, or « Pope of the poor » For others. Overview.
First step in France. Catholic daily The cross highlights a « Pope who wanted to reform the Church »and who will have contributed to the « Shake from the inside, attacking the reform, long awaited, of the Roman Curia, but also that of the Vatican finances, and to the awareness of the crisis of sexual abuse ». THE Figaro title, him, a simple word, « Farewell », With a photo of François Smile on his lips. The right -wing daily qualifies the Pope, the first non -European since the 8th century, as « progressive » and « Classic that did not disdain iconoclastic impulses ».
For his part, the Parisian evoked « The Pope of the People: François, 1936-2025 ». The sovereign pontiff appears in profile, smiling, cross around the neck and white cap on the head. The newspaper humanity Salves his fight « Against poverty, wars and global warming », but does not abandon a pontificate marked by a « Deep opposition to abortion ».
François’ face is also available on some of all regional newspapers. « The Pope of the Poor » For Ouest-France ; « François, a well anchored pope in his time » For The East Republican ; or « The Pope of the World » according to Provence.
Beyond the borders of France, kiosks around the world are also invaded by François’ face. In the country of the popes, in Italy, the daily Corriere della will be salute « The apostle of peace » and title « Il Papa Degli Ultimi », Or « the pope of the last ». Same thing on the side of The Repubblica. Always with this same image of the smiling Argentinian, his hand raised.
In Spain, a country that has declared three days of national mourning, the daily El País Pope Francis’ face on the front page and underlines « The end of a social and reformer pontificate ». The newspaper El Mundo For his part pays homage to the pontiff « who upset the Church and wanted to give voice to the excluded ».
Still in Europe, The English daily The Times pays tribute to « An outsider with the mission of changing the Catholic Church »while The Guardian Salves a pope « revolutionary ». « A last Easter blessings and his work was over, » title Daily Telegraph. Also, for the German daily Die Welt,, « The world cries Pope Francis ».
On the other side of the Atlantic, the newspapers also devote their front page to the death of the sovereign pontiff. THE New York Times Title on this « Revolutionary pope who reshaped the Church »; THE Washington Post evokes Catholics which « Cry the loss of the voice of the dispossessed » and the Brazilian newspaper O Globo dwell on « A pioneer who reformed the Church and left a lesson in tolerance and love for those who are in need ».
In Argentina, country of birth of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, future Pope Francis, the newspaper Clarín Title on this « Pope who revitalized the Church » and who « Leave his mark and an inheritance ». And add: « He has never returned to the country, but by his actions and gestures, he influenced national reality. »
Capital, older Argentinian newspaper still in circulation,, written sober « Farewell, François » With a photo of the pontiff dove posed on the hand. The same image was also chosen by Argentinian newspapers Rio Negro And Nación, which salute a « Pope from the end of the world » And « An impeccable pope ».
