Gov. Healey Responds To Pope's Death; Braintree Parishioners React

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'm a Catholic, so I felt a great deal of
respect and love for this man.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
He's there, spiritual leader, youth, our father.

Speaker 3 (00:07):
A somber Monday in late April for Catholics.

Speaker 4 (00:10):
It's the Monday after Easter celebrations outside of Saint Francis
of Assisi and Braintree parishioners who were stunned to hear
the news but are turning to prayer to remember Pope Francis.

Speaker 1 (00:20):
You had great respect for him.

Speaker 4 (00:21):
The pontiff chose his people named Francis after Saint Francis
of Assisi. Has always been a prideful Catholic community here
on the Cell Shore, and he's now being remembered for
his twelve years in the papacy.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
He brought peace to the Catholic Church.

Speaker 5 (00:35):
He made a lot of changes, and he gave a
lot of hope.

Speaker 4 (00:38):
Also, Pope France is dead at the age of eighty eight.
Reporting in Braintree, Jimmy a w b Z, Boston's news
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