He died this morning, Monday, April 21, 2025, Pope Francis. He died at 7:35 in his home in Casa Santa Marta, in the Vatican. With Him not only leaves behind the first Latin -American and Jesuit quay of history, but also one of the most authoritative and courageous voices of our time to defend the earth and its inhabitants. His pontificate represented a turning point in the relationship between faith, the environment and public health.
With the encyclical Lauudato Yes‘, Francesco has transformed the care for creation into an ethical and collective responsibility, which recalls governments, companies and citizens to respect the environment as a form of social justice.
In the same spirit, the National Asbestos Observatory (ONA), led by the lawyer. Ezio Bonanni has always indicated it as an example of reference. We also remember that the National Asbestos Observatory is a partner of the Friends committee of Pope Franciscus.
The fight against theasbestosA symbol of neglect of the environment and health inequality is tailored to Francesco’s message: on the side of the most vulnerable, against the invisible consequences of pollution, in the name of dignity and life.
The choice of the pope to be buried in the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, and not in San Pietro, is the last sign of a life characterized by austerity and attention for the essence.
Nowadays the environmental community loses an ally. But his words will continue to be known and politically, because, as he himself wrote, “everything is connected”.
On the Pope, which planted seeds of environmental justice
“Pope Francis left us.
He returned to the house of his father Francesco, servant of humanity and the saint.
Yes, against war, for peace, happiness and joy of God in a better world. No more wars, weapons and destruction. He had strongly confirmed the values of man, of man.
L ‘asbestosL ‘exhausted uraniumThe other poisons continue to kill and Pope Francis represented a fundamental dike to defend our Mother Earth.
Lauudato Yes: L ‘ecology and theenvironment They have become the new paradigm of ethical and social justice.
That encyclical has marked the turning point for a new path that we must continue to support.
As a person, as a family member of the victim of asbestos and as National Asbestos Observatory We had in it Pope Francis The greatest ally and source in power, light and hope.
Yes, hope in life, hope in a better world without wars and inequality.
Pope Francis will always be in our hearts, in our souls and in our prayers.
We ask you to bless ourselves from above, together with our loved ones. “
