The death of Pope Fran­cis should serve as a pow­er­ful re­minder to politi­cians about the true mean­ing of pub­lic ser­vice as T&T ap­proach­es elec­tions, says Fr David Khan, Parish Priest of Our La­dy of Per­pet­u­al Help Church in San Fer­nan­do.

Speak­ing to Guardian Me­dia hours af­ter news broke that Pope Fran­cis had died, Fa­ther Khan re­vealed that the Pro Cathe­dral was plan­ning to have a re­quiem holy mass since learn­ing of the death on East­er Mon­day.

“Pope Fran­cis con­sis­tent­ly re­mind­ed po­lit­i­cal lead­ers that pub­lic ser­vice is a no­ble vo­ca­tion, root­ed in moral re­spon­si­bil­i­ty,” Fr Khan said.