The Italian House Company paid tribute to Pope Francis within the wake of his dying early Monday morning (April 21).
Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, handed away on Monday at 1:35 a.m. EDT (0535 GMT; 7:35 a.m. native time) in his residence on the Domus Sanctae Marthae in Vatican Metropolis. The Italian House Company (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, or ASI) expressed sorrow over the passing of the pope in an announcement launched that very same day.
“The President, Teodoro Valente, and the Director Common, Luca Vincenzo Maria Salamone, along with all of the workers of the Italian House Company, categorical their deep condolences for the dying of Pope Francis,” ASI officers stated in the statement. (The assertion is in Italian; translation by Google.)
The pope’s dying was attributed to a cerebral stroke adopted by irreversible coronary heart failure, in accordance with official Vatican reviews. The 88-year-old had been dealing with ongoing well being challenges, together with latest hospitalization for double pneumonia, however he continued to meet his duties, even delivering a last public blessing on Easter Sunday (April 20), simply sooner or later earlier than his passing.
The pope was an advocate for world challenges, corresponding to combating local weather change and dealing to extend sustainability, and sought to bridge the hole between spirituality and the scientific neighborhood by urging scientists to make use of their discoveries for the widespread good and to look after the planet.
All through his papacy, he supported the Vatican Observatory — one of many oldest astronomical analysis establishments — and its efforts to discover the universe. He acknowledged the worth of area exploration as a method to raised perceive the cosmos and humanity’s place inside it.
The Italian House Company joined organizations worldwide in mourning the pope’s passing.
