Pilgrims and the powerful come together for Pope Francis’s funeral
Applause rings out as late pontiff’s wooden coffin carried from altar of St Peter’s Basilica for open-air ceremony• Pope Francis’s funeral – livePope Francis has been eulogised as “a pope among the people, with an open heart towards everyone” during a funeral mass that brought together an array of mourners, from pilgrims and refugees to powerful world leaders and royals.Francis, 88, died on Monday after a stroke and subsequent heart failure, setting into motion a series of centuries-old rituals and a huge, meticulously-planned logistical and security operation not seen in Italy since the funeral of John Paul II in April 2005. Continue reading...
Applause rings out as late pontiff’s wooden coffin carried from altar of St Peter’s Basilica for open-air ceremony
• Pope Francis’s funeral – live
Pope Francis has been eulogised as “a pope among the people, with an open heart towards everyone” during a funeral mass that brought together an array of mourners, from pilgrims and refugees to powerful world leaders and royals.
Francis, 88, died on Monday after a stroke and subsequent heart failure, setting into motion a series of centuries-old rituals and a huge, meticulously-planned logistical and security operation not seen in Italy since the funeral of John Paul II in April 2005. Continue reading...
