Pope Francis kneels in prayer as Cardinal Sean O’Malley, left, delivers the First Advent Sermon in the Redemptoris Mater chapel inside the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Pope Francis has sent “prayerful” condolences to South Africa’s people as he praised Nelson Mandela’s work for reconciliation and truth. The Vatican said Friday Francis sent a condolence telegram to President Jacob Zuma asking God to “console and strengthen” all those mourning the loss. Mandela died Thursday in Johannesburg at the age of 95. (AP Photo/L’Osservatore Romano, ho)