Pope Francis Remembered By Antonio Banderas, Eva Longoria, Whoopi Goldberg, Russell Crowe, JD Vance, Donald Trump And Others
Refresh for updates…Whoopi Goldberg, Russell Crowe and Patti Smith were among the first from the entertainment community to pay tribute to Pope Francis after the leader of the Catholic Church died today, Easter Monday, at 7:35 a.m. Unwell for some time, he recently was weakened after a serious bout of pneumonia. He was 88.
In an Instagram post this morning, Goldberg, who showed a picture of herself meeting with the Pope in 2023, wrote that “he was the closest in a long time that seemed to remember that Christ’s love enveloped believer and [non] believer. He felt more like Pope John the 23rd who made belief real.”
Russell Crowe, who met Pope Francis in 2014, wrote on X, “A beautiful day in Rome, but a sad day for the faithful. RIP Francis.”
Musician, poet and writer Patti Smith shared an Instagram post featuring a photo of a dandelion and the message, “This is a little flower a dandelion humble yet strong. I saw it this morning and was moved. Farewell dear Pope Francis. Nature and poetry and the suffering shall miss their champion.”
Also remembering the Pope were various politicos and world leaders, including King Charles III, Volodymyr Zelensky, JD Vance (“I was happy to see him yesterday, though he was obviously very ill”), President Donald Trump, writing on Truth Social, “Rest in Peace Pope Francis! May God Bless him and all who loved him!”), and French President Emmanuel Macron (“From Buenos Aires to Rome, Pope Francis wanted the Church to bring joy and hope to the poorest. May it unite people with each other and with nature. May this hope continually revive beyond him. My wife and I send our thoughts to all Catholics and to the grieving world.”)
See those messages and others below. Deadline will update this post with new tributes, as necessary…
