Former President Biden joined Catholics and others mourning the death of Pope Francis on Monday, calling the late pontiff "a light of faith, hope and love."

"He was unlike any who came before him," Biden, 82, wrote in a post on the social media platform X just hours after the pope passed away after celebrating Easter. "Above all, he was a Pope for everyone. He was the People's Pope — a light of faith, hope and love."

Biden, who was the country's second Roman Catholic president after President John F. Kennedy, regularly

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