{"id":10965,"date":"2025-04-29T23:20:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T03:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/actualites\/nouvelles\/final-tribute-filled-hope-montreal-prays-pope-francis\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T23:20:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T03:20:23","slug":"final-tribute-filled-hope-montreal-prays-pope-francis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/news\/news-2\/final-tribute-filled-hope-montreal-prays-pope-francis\/","title":{"rendered":"A Final Tribute Filled with Hope: Montreal Prays for Pope Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Less than 24 hours after the announcement of Pope Francis\u2019s death, the Archdiocese of Montreal gathered a large assembly for a solemn requiem Mass celebrated on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at Mary Queen of the World Cathedral.<\/p>\n\n<p>Archbishop Christian L\u00e9pine presided over the liturgy, which drew a wide range of faithful\u2014including youth, families, and members of the clergy\u2014all united in prayer for a shepherd whose compassion, closeness, and deep faith left a lasting mark on the contemporary Church.<\/p>\n\n<p>The evening continued with a prayer vigil organized by the diocesan Youth Ministry team. It was a moving and heartfelt moment of reflection, animated by two choirs: one from the&nbsp;C\u00e9Dum Centre (Le Centre \u00e9tudiant Dominicum), and asecond led by musicians accompanied by&nbsp;husband-and-wife team&nbsp;<b>Rhea Foz<\/b>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<b>J.E. Jalea<\/b>, alongside&nbsp;<b>Sophia Velasco<\/b>&nbsp;from the Filipino Catholic Mission of Montreal.<\/p>\n\n<p>Two young adults offered powerful personal testimonies:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><b>Sally Yasmine<\/b>, a member of the Vatican\u2019s&nbsp;<i>International Youth Advisory Body<\/i>&nbsp;established by Pope Francis,<\/li>\n\t<li>and&nbsp;<b>Kevin Reda<\/b>, pastoral associate at Laval&#8217;s Holy Name of Jesus Parish and actively involved in diocesan youth accompaniment&nbsp;and ministry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>This vigil, the fruit of close collaboration between the Cathedral team, diocesan offices, and local media partners, reflected the vitality of our local Church. The heartfelt and timely response of the Catholic community is a testament to the affection held for Pope Francis\u2014and to the enduring inspiration of his legacy.<\/p>\n\n<p>As the world bid farewell to Pope Francis, Montreal\u2019s Catholic community united in solemn remembrance on Friday, April 25. Saint Patrick\u2019s Basilica hosted a moving morning of silent adoration and a commemorative Mass presided by Msgr. Francis John Coyle, drawing faithful from across the city. That same evening, Saint Joseph\u2019s Oratory of Mount Royal welcomed attendees to an evening of prayerful reflection, featuring readings from the Pope\u2019s writings and a memorial Mass celebrated by Fr. Claude Grou, CSC. These gatherings reflected the deep gratitude and affection felt by Montrealers for a shepherd who championed the poor, peace, dialogue, and hope.<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Watch the video of the celebration:<\/strong><b>&nbsp;<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7HoBeJFn9ao&amp;ab_channel=%C3%89glisecatholique%C3%A0Montr%C3%A9al\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7HoBeJFn9ao&amp;ab_channel=%C3%89glisecatholique%C3%A0Montr%C3%A9al<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"text-align-center\"><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7HoBeJFn9ao?si=u0Xy9tGzFf2q1_60\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.org\/en\/news-and-info\/photo-galleries\/final-tribute-filled-hope-montreal-prays-pope-francis\"><strong>View photo gallery<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less than 24 hours after the announcement of Pope Francis\u2019s death, the Archdiocese of Montreal gathered a large assembly for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nouvelle"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}