Vietnamese leaders send condolences over Pope Francis' passing

April 22,kqbda hom nay 2025 - 09:05 Your browser does not support the audio element. Earlier, the Vatican announced via a video statement that Pope Francis had passed away at the age of 88, and later clarified that the Christian leader died from a stroke and subsequent irreversible heart failure.

Pope Francis. — AFP/VNA Photo

HÀ NỘI — Upon receiving the news of the passing of Pope Francis on April 21, Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính sent a message of condolence to the Secretary of State of the Vatican, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

On the same day, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn also sent a message of condolence to the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher.

Earlier, the Vatican announced via a video statement that Pope Francis had passed away at the age of 88, and later clarified that the Christian leader died from a stroke and subsequent irreversible heart failure.

Born in 1936 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the birth name Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis became the 266th pontiff of the Catholic Church on March 13, 2013. He was the first Jesuit pope, the first from Latin America, and the first pope from outside Europe in more than a millennium. — VNS