(5 May 2025)
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Rome, Italy – 4 May 2025
1. Various of mass
2. Close of Our Lady
3. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Rev. Roberto Cassano, San Paolo della Croce Church: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT1 AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT2&4++
“It is a parish of humble people, poor people, without a doubt. This is a parish where 90 per cent of people live in social housing so with economical difficulties, very humble from a cultural point of view, but they are good people, they a have a good heart.”
4. Pan from building to Michele Cufaro
5. Various of mass
6. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Michele Cufaro, resident of the neighbourhood:++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT5&PARTIALLY BY SHOT7++
“May he follow Pope Francis, focus on the poor, on poverty, eliminate hatred, meanness and wars.”
7. Various of people praying
8. Various of mass
9. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Gabrielle Maugere, Rome resident and faithful: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT7 AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT8&PARTIALLY BY SHOT10++
“As a Catholic I expect a pope that can continue what Pope Francis started. That can continue this path of continuous change in the Church, profound change in the church, of closeness with the faithful and also closer to the people, to pay attention to the most vulnerable and fragile.”
10. Various of mass
11. Picture on wall
STORYLINE:
At Sunday mass in a parish next to Rome’s most notorious public housing complex and in one of the city’s most historic churches in the heart its tourist district, the faithful prayed for the upcoming conclave that will elect Pope Francis’ successor.
Whether in the squat 1980s concrete church of San Paolo della Croce or facing millennium-old golden mosaics in Santa Maria in Trastevere, Catholics shared two main hopes for the church’s future. Young and old, Romans and migrants alike said they would like the next pontiff to keep making the faith accessible to those on the margins and to help bring peace to a world they see as teeming with dangers.
Michele Cufaro said he prays the next pope will “focus on the poor, poverty, eliminate hatred, meanness and wars, and re-educate the youth… who are getting totally lost.”
The glass and metalworker first lived in the Corviale projects across the street – a multistorey grey apartment block that snakes on a hilltop for more than 3,200 feet (1 km) – when it was built in the early 1980s. He said he knows first-hand the reality of poverty, addiction and exclusion that continues to plague many of its residents.
The late pontiff, who died on April 21 at age 88, visited the parish in 2018, and comforted a child worried about whether his recently deceased atheist father would be in in heaven.
Less than 10 kilometers (six miles) away, but in a different socioeconomic world, at Santa Maria in the riverside neighbourhood of Trastevere, Lisa Remondino said she hopes the next pope will continue Francis’ legacy, especially in helping migrants.
One of the cardinals considered top contenders to succeed him, the Roman Matteo Zuppi, has served in various capacities both at Sant’Egidio and close-by Santa Maria, whose foundation dates from the 3rd century and resplendent mosaics from the 12th century.
In the outside portico decorated with ancient marble inscriptions and swarming with tourists, faithful were difficult to be spotted. Among them, 34-year-old Gabrielle who said he hoped the next Pope can continue on the path of “change” started by Francis.
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