Pope Francis died on Monday, April 21 at 07.35 (23.35 on Sunday, April 20, Guatemala) In his residence of the Santa Marta house, after more than two months of respiratory problems that kept him hospitalized for 38 days in the Italian capital.
From Gloria Estefan to J Balvin, Whoopi Goldberg, Russel Crowe or Eva Longoria, among others they have spoken and left a farewell message on their social networks.
“His compassion, goodness and humility will always be remembered,” Longoria said on his Instagram account along with a series of photographs in which he appears greeting the Pope with her husband, the Mexican José Antonio Bastón, in the Plaza del Vaticano.
For Estefan, the most important thing is that the Pope “opened hearts and minds and guided us with courage.” “Thank you for putting love and acceptance over all things until your last moments on this earth,” the Cuban singer said in his networks.
While Goldberg, who among his best known roles is that of the protagonist of Sister Acthe also published a photo in which he listens attentive and smiling at the pontiff.
“He was the one who was closest in a long time to remember that the love of Jesus Christ wrapped believers and unbelievers,” said the American actress, who also compared Francisco with Pope John XXIII, “who made faith a reality.” And his message ended with a desire: “Go ahead, Pope Francis, with your love for humanity and your laugh!”
A photograph in which he appears with the Pope was the chosen image By J. Balvin To say goodbye to Francisco. “Rest in peace,” is the brief message that accompanies her.
Another personalities that lamented his death was Sylvester Stallone, that he uploaded to his Instagram account a series of photographs of him and his family in an encounter with Pope Francis with a message that prayed: “A wonderful man! Rest in peace, Holy Father.”
The famous American television presenter Jimmy Fallon also thanked Instagram to have been able to meet the pontiff last summer. “I am glad to have laugh. Thank you for your words of encouragement. Rest in peace,” he added with an image of his greeting the Pope.
Also actor Russell Crowe, known for his role in ‘Gladiator’, joined the samples of respect. “A beautiful day in Rome, but a sad day for the faithful. May he rest in peace, Francisco,” he said in X.
To Beautiful Day in Rome, But, A Sad Day for the Faithful.
Rip Francis. pic.twitter.com/ckewtryyfw– Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) April 21, 2025
Andrea Bokelli He said goodbye to his part of the Pope with a photo on Instagram where he appears kissing Francisco’s hand, which he defined as “a supreme peace champion.”
“Having had the privilege of witnessing the historical period fueled by his pontificate – a source of hope and inspiration for all – has been the greatest honor for us,” said the Italian tenor, also referring to his wife Verónica.
And his compatriot Laura Pausini He published on Instagram a beautiful black and white photo of the Pope holding a dove in his hand next to the phrase “Have the courage to be happy.”
A farewell similar to the ‘influencer’ Georgina Rodríguez, wife of Cristiano Ronaldo, who hung a nice photo of Francisco with one of the most remembered phrases of the Pope: “When women send, things work.”
Alejandro Sanz stood out today from the deceased Pope Francis who always said what everyone thought of the world, a “great way to honor hope”, in the opinion of the Spanish singer. A brief message in his official accounts of X and Instagram in which he calls “dear brother” to the Pope. “Francisco, you didn’t want to like everyone, but to say what you thought and adjusted to the Word of Christ. What a great way to honor hope. Rest in peace dear brother.”
Antonio Banderas He regretted the death on Monday of Pope Francis, from which he highlighted his “goodness, love and mercy with the most needy.” In a brief message on his social networks, the Spanish actor recalled the work of the Pope at the head of the Catholic Church, along with a photo of his greeting with Francisco at a general audience of April 13, 2016.
Banderas went to the Vatican accompanied by his girlfriend, Nicole Kimpel, and both attended the audience in the preferential area in the Plaza de San Pedro.
Subsequently, they were able to greet and exchange some brief words with Jorge Bergoglio. And the image of the greeting of flags and the Pope was immortalized by Kimpel.
The famous Puerto Rican rapper, who held a brief encounter in the Vatican with Pope Francis in 2014, described Monday to the late Pontiff as “unrepeatable, special, unique.” This was the message that the singer and composer published on his social networks with some images of the late Catholic leader and a heart.
Resident accompanied its Instagram publication with the music of the song Gabriel’s oboe, Composed by Ennio Morricone and the main theme of the film The mission.
René Pérez Joglar, name of the singer, traveled in September 2014 to the Vatican and was received by Jorge Mario Bergoglio.
During his brief meeting, Resident and Francisco They exchanged words about Latin America, education and human rights. The artist gave an album to the Pope, in a symbolic gesture that linked two languages: the pastoral and the musical, both committed to the margins.
Francisco, the first Latin American Pope, had made the periphery a theological and political category, with which he denounced structural poverty, inequality, corruption and exclusion.
Resident, on the other hand, has taken those same flags to the scenarios of the world. As much as a member of Calle 13, as a soloist, he has written lyrics that spoke of dignity, identity and resistance, as in his well -known theme ‘Latin America’. After his encounter with Francisco, the artist said: “I am not Catholic, but I admire his position and courage.”
The Bizarrap producer He shared in his Instagram stories a series of photos of the Pontiff taking mate, accompanied by the message “Rest in peace, Francisco”.
The singer Emilia also said goodbye to Francisco in her profile of this social network, with an image of the Pope smiling while holding a white dove in her hand. In the same way Lali expressed, who shared a photograph of the pontiff smiling while looking towards the sky.