Late Pope Francis ‘Reached Out to Those Who Were Marginalized’

Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 2013, died Monday, April 21. As requested in his will, he is to be buried in an unadorned tomb at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome – the simplicity of the burial in keeping with a papacy dedicated to supporting the poor, the unhoused, migrants and other disenfranchised communities.

“Along with the Universal Church, Catholics and non-Catholics alike, we at St. Francis of Assisi Parish and Center (in Brant Beach) mourn the death of Pope Francis,” the Rev.