Former President, Nana Akufo Addo has paid tribute to the memory of the late Pope Francis.
He wrote, ”I have received today, Holy Monday of the Angel, the sorrowful news of the passing of the venerable Bishop of Rome, Head of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of the Vatican City State, His Holiness Pope Francis”.
He described the Pope as an epitome of tolerance.
”Since his election, the late Pope Francis has been a latent force of tolerance and inter-religious cooperation. He had given the world a clear indication of what his papacy would be in his choice of a papal name, Francis, after the great pilgrim Francis of Assisi”.”
Pope Francis’ twelve-year service as Pope has been one of genuine care for the downtrodden and the poor.
According to President Akufo Addo, the Pope’s ”deep concern for and vigorous pursuit of global peace and the progress of Africa had been consistently expressed during the times”, he had the privilege of meeting him at the Vatican.
”He was, indeed, God’s treasured gift to our world of today”, Nana Akufo Addo wrote.
Pope Francis and Nana Akufo Addo met at the Vatican in 2023.
The Former President extended deep condolence to the Catholic community and Christendom
”We pray that this great servant of humanity finds rest in the bosom of the creator until the last day of the resurrection, when we shall all meet again”, he wrote.