The last moments and words of Pope Francis: dinner, illness and goodbye to the nurse
“Thanks for bringing me back to the square “. The last words pronounced by Pope Francis before his death were like his pontificate: simple, human, direct.
The Holy Father went to his personal nurse, Massimiliano Strappetti: A man has been very close to Bergoglio. “It was he who saved his life by suggesting the operation to the colon and that the Pontiff later appointed in 2022 as his personal health assistant,” says Vatican News.
Pope asks the nurse: “Do you think I can do it?”
The official information agency of the Holy See added that Strappetti remained “by his side during the 38 days of hospitalization In the Gemelli Polyclinic and 24 hours a day during the convalescence at Casa Santa Marta. “The nurse was also with him in Easter Sunday And it was the person who accompanied him in a Surprise visit to São Pedro BasilicaWhen the Pope wanted to verify the status of some restoration interventions.
It was precisely Strappetti that Bergoglio went before entering the Paparmobile for the last contact with the crowd on Sunday: “Do you think I can do it?”He asked, before receiving guarantees from his trusted assistant. An “ok” that allowed Francisco to give another hug to the crowd, despite his great tiredness and long weeks of convalescence. It was a moving moment for the Pope, who wanted to thank the nurse: the proximity to the faithful and, in general, with humanity was, on the other hand, One of the main characteristics of your pontificate.
Rest Sunday afternoon, dinner, then the disease when dawn
This is confirmed, among many other gestures, for the solidarity demonstrated to the population of the Gaza Strip. The last call on Saturday at 7 pm, when it was also in the martyred region of the people of Palestine was preparing for Easter. One more time, Bergoglio expressed his proximity and his prayer for peace.
On Sunday afternoon, Francisco rested. Then he had dinner and went to sleep. The first signs of the disease that attacked him on Easter Monday before dawn at 5:30 am Those who were seeing the very high pontiff intervened immediately.
Compliance with the nurse before entering a coma
An hour later, Bergoglio returned to Strappetti, with a gesture of greeting with his hand, while lying in bed, in his residence of Casa Santa Marta. Moments later, the Pope went into a coma.
“He did not suffer, everything happened quickly, they said that those who were close to him in the last moments. It was a discreet, almost sudden death, without long waiting and too much clamor for a Pope who always maintained his state of health in secret ”, The news of the Vatican concludes.
