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Dear John,





I write to you with sadness, as we mourn the death of Pope Francis.


Whenever I met the Pope in Rome, his warmth and his passion for a fairer world shone through. He was not afraid to challenge people, but he did it with great love – and great humour! – and made us want to do more, and go further, in tackling injustice.









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He was able to say things that people might not want to hear – like challenging governments on the debt crisis facing poorer countries – but in a way that people listened. He had such a friendly manner, and a rare gift for bringing people together, and it made people feel so good about their interactions with him, and with the Church.







He was very humble, turning down the Pope’s traditional Apostolic palace to live in a Vatican guesthouse. In fact, he never lost his ability to be amongst people, whether that was kissing the feet of warring rivals in South Sudan or his nightly phone-call with Gaza’s Catholic parish, that he started in October 2023 and kept up right until his death.


For everyone at CAFOD, his inspiration was boundless. In fact, we named our ten-year plan – Our Common Home – after one of his most famous teachings!







We feel blessed to have had Pope Francis’s guidance, and as we give thanks for his life, we vow to continue his work striving for a better world, for all of us.


God bless you,

Christine

























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