“This moment is critical now,” Bishop Sean W. Rowe, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, said. “For those of us who want to embody the Sermon on the Mount, and the Beatitudes, and the love that Jesus showed in the world, this is now more important than ever.”

Pope Francis died quickly on Monday morning from an unexpected stroke without suffering undue pain, and there was nothing that doctors could have done to save his life, the head of the pontiff's medical team said in interviews published on Thursday.

When Pope Francis visited New York City in 2015, he met and prayed with religious leaders of other faiths to spread a message of peace, and they haven't forgotten that moving meeting. CBS News New York's Jennifer Bisram spoke with some of them as they reflect on that day following the pope's death.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, released an official statement just before 8 a.m. on the passing of Pope Francis.

Francis arrived in New York after his first stop in the United States, in Washington, D.C., and before his final stop, in Philadelphia.