(26 Apr 2025)
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Vatican City – 26 April 2025
1. St. Peter’s Basilica before people arriving for funeral
2. Swiss Guards and Gendarmes checking tickets
3. Rosary in hands
4. Bishops entering
5. Various of attendees
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Nilma Navarro, Filipino pilgrim:
“He is the most humblest person I have ever met, I have ever known. In his simplicity and in the way he shepherds all the people, especially in the Catholic Church, not only the Catholic Church, he also embraced other religions."
7. Various of nuns in crowd
8. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Sister Christiana Neenwata, Nun from Biafrana:
“For me, I say he is a saintly man, gentle, a man of peace who wanted peace for the whole world. We prayed so much. We are here to honor him because he always said “don’t forget to pray for me.” So we are also here to give to him this love that he gave to us. He did what the Lord wanted, the will of God. It is now up to us who are here to take up the teaching that he left us and we hope that the Lord welcomes him in paradise.”
9. Various of men praying
10. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Riccardo Usai:
“Besides being leader of the church and the head of our congregation, the Salesians, he was a life model. He showed us a poor church, attentive to the poor with a familial climate which is what the faithful, Christians need right now.”
11. Various of people in the square taking photos
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Pam Roehl, Pilgrim from Chicago:
“I think there is such a reverence for the position. I was… My preference was Pope John Paul, Saint John Paul, but yes I have such great reference for him (Pope Francis)."
13. Sister Rosa Mgane in the square
14. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Sister Rosa Mgane, Nun from Tanzania:
“I came here for the mass to say goodbye to Pope Francis because he did so many things for the church, he cared about everyone and above all he wanted peace, that is what really struck me. My country, Tanzania, has never gone to war with anyone so his words are very important and they will remain in my heart so I came to say my last goodbye.”
15. Wide of square filling up
16. Close of cupola
17. Pan of media above the square
STORYLINE:
Tens of thousands of people poured into St. Peter’s Square starting at dawn Saturday to honor Pope Francis with a farewell ceremony reflecting his priorities as pope and wishes as pastor: Presidents and princes will attend his funeral Mass at the Vatican, but prisoners and migrants will welcome him into the basilica across town where he will be buried.
As many as 200,000 people are expected to attend the funeral, which Francis choreographed himself when he revised and simplified the Vatican’s rites and rituals last year.
Francis is breaking with recent tradition and will be buried in the St. Mary Major Basilica, where a simple underground tomb awaits him with just his name: Franciscus.
AP video by Silvia Stellacci
AP production by Trisha Thomas
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