Messages of condolence on death of Pope Francis

28 Apr 2025

On the occasion of the death of His Holiness Pope Francis on 22 April 2025, numerous messages of condolence were sent by other Churches, Christian Communions and ecumenical international organizations.

ORTHODOX CHURCHES

His Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch
His Beatitude John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarcj of Antioch and All the East
His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem
His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch
His Holiness Daniel, Patriarch of Romania
His Holiness Daniil, Patriarch of Bulgaria
His Holiness Ilia II, Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia [georgian language]
His Beatitude Ieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece
His Beatitude Sawa, Orthodox Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland

ORIENTAL ORTHODOX CHURCHES

His Holiness Tawadros, Coptic orthodox Patriarch of Egypt
His Holiness Karekin, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians
His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia, Apostolic Armenian Church
His Holiness Abba Matthias I, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Tewahedo Orthodox Church
His Holiness Abune Baslyos I, Patriarch of the Eritrean Tewahedo Orthodox Church
Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church

His Grace Joseph Mar Barnabas, Suffragant Metropolitan of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church

CHURCHES AND CHRISTIAN COMMUNIONS OF THE WEST

Archbishop Bernd Wallet, President of the International Old Catholic Bishops’ Conference (IBC)
Most Reverend Anthony Poggo, General Secretary of the Anglican Communion
Lutheran World Federation
Most Reverend Tapio Luoma, Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Turku and Finland
Bishop Debra Wallace-Padgett, President, and Reverend Dr Reynaldo Ferreira Leão Neto, General Secretary, World Methodist Council
Reverend Dr Setri Nyomi, Interim General Secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches
Reverend Dr Elijah M. Brown, General Secretary of the World Baptist Alliance
Reverend César García, General Secretary of the World Mennonite Conference
Reverend Jørg Bøytler, Moravian Church

General Lyndon Buckingham, Salvation Army

INTERNATIONAL ECUMENICAL ORGANIZATIONS

Reverend Pr Dr Jerry Pillay, General Secretary, and Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, President, World Council of Churches
Reverend Dr Casely Essamuah, Secretary of the Global Christian Forum (GCF)
United Bible Societies
Alessandro Indovina, General Secretary of YMCA Italy

COMMUNAUTÉ DE TAIZÉ

Frère Mattew, Prior