Vatican City: Pope Francis said that death is not the end but a new beginning in the preface to a book that he wrote before his passing on Monday.
According to Ansa News Agency, the Vatican on Tuesday released the text of the preface for a new book in Italian by Cardinal Angelo Scola, Archbishop Emeritus of Milan, entitled “Awaiting a New Beginning. Reflections on Old Age.” The late pope wrote the preface on February 7.
“It is precisely the conclusion of these pages by Angelo Scola, a heartfelt confession of how he is preparing himself for the final encounter with Jesus, that gives us a consoling certainty: death is not the end of everything, but the beginning of something,” Francis said in the preface.
“It is a new beginning, as the title wisely highlights, because eternal life, which those who love already begin to experience on earth within the daily tasks of life – is beginning something that will never end. And it is precisely for this reason that it is a ‘new’ beginning, because we will live something we have never fully lived before: eternity.”
