First Minister John Swinney said it was with “deep sadness” he had learned of the Pope’s death, while the Most Reverend Leo Cushley, the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, said he was “deeply saddened”.
Archbishop Cushley said Francis had “shared Christ’s mercy and compassion to all, especially the poor and the vulnerable”, and “worked tirelessly, often through illness and infirmity, to seek unity in a divided world”.
He added: “He called for peace on Earth, may the living Lord now grant him the peace of eternal rest.”
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Please review your details and accept them to load the contentHis comments came after senior Vatican official Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced Francis’s death on Monday morning, saying he had “returned to the home of the Father”.
The Pope’s death at the age of 88 came after he emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless the thousands of people in St Peter’s Square in Vatican City.
He had recently resumed some official duties after being treated in hospital for pneumonia.
Archbishop of Glasgow William Nolan said he shared the “sense of loss of millions of people around the globe at the passing of Pope Francis”.
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