Pope Frances called deliberate targeting of migrants a "serious sin". This is a very serious consequence in Catholic belief

Pope Francis defended migrants against those who target them

Main stream media must report on the last Easter Sunday message he delivered to crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square.  Instead of reporting on his "last words" the media must focus on his last message to the world. 

Pope Francis, was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, in Argentina, 1936- died April 21, 2025 in Vatican City, Italy.

Seattle Times by David Horsey: IN THE NEWS: Just hours before his death, Pope Francis appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to deliver his Easter Sunday message to the throng below and to the wider world. His message reiterated his perennial defense of migrants and other marginalized human beings, the kind of people being lawlessly targeted by the Trump administration.

In a similar event in St. Peter’s Square last August, the pope was even more direct when he declared, “There are those who systematically work by all means to drive away migrants, and this, when done knowingly and deliberately, is a grave sin.”

Reported in EuroNews by Andrew Naughtie: Pope Frances frequently expressed a personal identification with the poor and was known for speaking up for refugees and people displaced by conflict. 

During the 2015, migration crisis, which saw a surge in dangerous and deadly crossings to Europe over the Mediterranean, Pope Francis announced that the Vatican would take in two refugee families and called on Catholics to offer their help as well.

Popes as We Knew Them

Pope Francis transcends the concept of change agent. By suspending the "Bishop of Bling" for his extraordinary lifestyle  (German Bishop Franz Peter Tebartz), he forever changed the nature of the Papacy.

After 2000 years of the papacy, Pope Francis may be too much to take for some old style Vatican types, but there's no turning back. Future pope's will have to prove themselves worthy of his legacy. Future Papal conclaves, those secret seminars where Popes are elected, will have to evaluate who is worthy to fill the shoes of St. Peter while retaining the humility standards now established by Pope Francis.

Given the pomp and circumstance of the Vatican, combined with the splendor of St. Peter's Basilica, has clouded modern faithful from reflecting on how humbly the first Popes must have lived. 
St. Peter was martyred and subsequent pontiffs were subject to persecution. I have no idea when Popes decided to become affluent, but this attribute accompanied centuries of corruption and some debauchery.  

Pope Francis put the brakes on the exclusivity of the papacy like pulling up the tracks on a runaway train. Hopefully, his progressive reforms won't create an irreparable Vatican train wreck. Nevertheless, living with a papal change agent (i.e. Pope Francis) isn't for the faint hearted. I'm thinking many in the Vatican are fleeing to villas where they can experience respite from the change drama.

Popes as we once knew them, as privileged pontiffs, are thankfully relics of a bygone era. When Pope Francis first met the ecstatic cheering crowds in St. Peter's Square, he instantly changed the papacy forever. 

Popes, as we knew them, will never, ever be the same. 

So, we pray for Pope Francis to live a long and happy life. Frankly, it's hard to imagine anyone in the College of Cardinals who can currently fill the shoes of this particular Jesuit who inherited the shoes of St. Peter, who, after all, was once a humble fisherman.