(26 Apr 2025)
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Quezon City, Philippines – 26 April 2025
1. Wide of the Sacred Heart Parish Church
2. Mid of poster of Pope Francis on church gate
3. Wide of faithful inside church
4. Mid of screen showing image of Francis and text reading (Filipino): "Thank you Pope Francis"
5. Mid of screen showing live stream of Francis’ funeral
6. Various of people watching live stream of Francis’ funeral
7. Mid of portrait of Francis
STORYLINE:
Catholic faithful gathered at a church in the Philippines to pray for Pope Francis and watch his funeral service as it was held in the Vatican on Saturday.
World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the peripheries and reflected his wish to be remembered as a simple pastor.
Though presidents and princes attended the Mass in St. Peter’s Square, prisoners and migrants welcomed Francis’ coffin at his final resting place in a basilica across town.
According to Vatican estimates, some 250,000 people flocked to the funeral Mass at the Vatican and 150,000 more lined the motorcade route through downtown Rome to witness the first funeral procession for a pope in a century.
They clapped and cheered “Papa Francesco” as his simple wooden coffin traveled aboard a modified popemobile to St. Mary Major Basilica, some 6 kilometers (3.5-miles) away.
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