French President is among the first world leaders to pay tribute to Pope Francis, calling him a “man of humility, on the side of the most vulnerable and most fragile".

Emmanuel Macron paid homage to Pope, saying he had always been “on the side of the most vulnerable and the most fragile” and fought for “more justice”.

Speaking during a trip to the Pacific region, Macron expressed his “most sincere condolences to Catholics the world over” after the death of Francis who, he said, had stood for a “brotherly humankind”.