AP PHOTOS: Global tributes pour in to honor Pope Francis after his death

Apr 21, 2025
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By  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

 

Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from around the world, from presidents to people of all walks of life, after the Vatican announced the pontiff’s death at age 88 on Monday.

Faithful react to the news of Pope Francis' death in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Monday, April 21, 2025. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)

Faithful react to the news of Pope Francis’ death in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday, April 21, 2025. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)

Images of the late Pope Francis is shown as a Catholic nun walks inside a church in Quezon city, Philippines Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Images of the late Pope Francis is shown as a Catholic nun walks inside a church in Quezon city, Philippines Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

People gather in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after the Vatican announced the death of Pope Francis, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

People gather in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican after the Vatican announced the death of Pope Francis, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

In this image released by Vatican media on Monday, April 21, 2025, Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell, second from left, flanked by, from left, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Substitute for the Secretariat of State, Cardinal Edgar PeÒa Parra, and Vatican Master of Ceremonies, Archbisop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, announces the death of Pope Francis at the Vatican. (Vatican Media via AP)

In this image released by Vatican media on Monday, April 21, 2025, Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell, second from left, flanked by, from left, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Substitute for the Secretariat of State, Cardinal Edgar PeÒa Parra, and Vatican Master of Ceremonies, Archbisop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, announces the death of Pope Francis at the Vatican. (Vatican Media via AP)

A Catholic nun prays in front of a cutout of Pope Francis in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi)

A Catholic nun prays in front of a cutout of Pope Francis in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi)

A nun walks in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell announced the death of Pope Francis, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

A nun walks in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican after Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell announced the death of Pope Francis, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Church workers prepare an ornament depicting Pope Francis ahead of a mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, which was visited by Pope Francis in 2024, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Church workers prepare an ornament depicting Pope Francis ahead of a mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, which was visited by Pope Francis in 2024, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Believers sit in front of a photo of the late Pope Francis after the news of his death, during a Easter service at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist, near the Vatican embassy, in Berlin, Germany, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Believers sit in front of a photo of the late Pope Francis after the news of his death, during a Easter service at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist, near the Vatican embassy, in Berlin, Germany, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Parishioners sit around a photo of the late Pope Francis after the news of his death at age 88 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

Parishioners sit around a photo of the late Pope Francis after the news of his death at age 88 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

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