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Celebrities pay tribute to Pope Francis: ‘Thank you for being an ally’
Russell Crowe, Whoopi Goldberg and Eva Longoria are among the stars remembering the late pope who died at 88
Numerous celebrities, many among the nearly 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide, expressed condolences for the late Pope Francis, who died early on Monday – the morning after Easter Sunday – at the age of 88. Spanish actor Antonio Banderas likewise posted a photo to X of himself meeting Francis, born in 1936 as Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Banderas called the pope, elected in 2013 after Benedict abdicated, a man who “at the head of the Catholic Church, showed kindness, love, and mercy to the neediest people”.
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