Pope Francis’s doctor reveals his final regret before his death at 88

But it is not so much the brutality of the event that is so shocking as what the Pope had confided a few days before his death.

A simple regret, but loaded with symbolism

On Holy Thursday, a weakened Pope Francis nevertheless insisted on visiting inmates in a Roman prison. This gesture, which he customarily performed every year to wash prisoners’ feet, was, however, not possible this time. And this is precisely what he confided to his doctor, almost like a discreet but meaningful confession.

“This time, I couldn’t do it…” the Pope whispered to his doctor. These words, so simple, contain a deep regret. For this ritual, inherited from Jesus washing the feet of his disciples, embodies for Francis the essence of the Christian faith: service to others, humility, and fraternity.

A Pope until the last moment

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