Argentinian journalist and politician Luis Rosales told Newsmax Saturday that Pope Francis will always be remembered as a world leader who “was always involved in peace.”

Rosales appeared during Newsmax’s live coverage of the funeral of Pope Francis and said, “He was always involved in peace. I am here now with you from Buenos Aires — another sad city, like Rome today — because Buenos Aires was the hometown of Padre Bergoglio, you know, Jorge Bergoglio, the bishop of Buenos Aires who later became Pope Francis. I think that Francis can rest in peace because he has accomplished his legacy.”

Rosales said Pope Francis was recognized as more than a religious leader when he helped open China to the Catholic Church to bring the word to the people of that Asian nation.

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