(26 Apr 2025)
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Rome, Italy – 26 April 2025
1. Wide of young Catholic faithful sitting down on pavement of street nearby St. Mary Major basilica
2. Close of Holy Mary statue on facade of basilica
3. Various of Catholic youth seated
4. Mid exterior of facade of St. Mary Major basilica
5. Photo of Pope Francis inside colonnade of basilica
6. Set up mid of nun Sister Cecilia and Catholic women from U.K.
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Sister Cecilia, nun from Leeds, U.K.:
“He was someone that embraces all, whatever you are, whatever religion, whatever was your status in life. He wasn’t someone who looked down on anybody, whatever it is, your sex, religion, your sexual orientation, you know, your gender, your age. He was a man of the people. He was well-loved, and I think I love him, too. So I’m happy to be here to say my farewell to him."
8. Various of Catholic youth sat down
9. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Daniele Panzeri, catechist at Lecco diocese:
“As catechists, as educators we have always tried to spread his (Francis’) message. And it think for them (Catholic young people) it is meaningful to have the chance to be here today. It is important also because in the next few years they will say ‘I attended the Pope’s funeral.’”’
10. Various of police
11. Various aerials of St. Mary Major square, nuns gathered
12. Close of police siren
13. Wide of digital sign reading (Italian) “Rome hugs Francis with love – Saturday, Pope Francis’ funeral”
14. Wide of St. Mary Major basilica, UPSOUND: bells tolling
STORYLINE:
The faithful began gathering outside St. Mary Major Basilica early Saturday morning to bid a final farewell to Pope Francis.
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. His aim was to emphasize the pope’s role as a mere priest and not “a powerful man of this world.”
Francis is breaking with recent tradition and will be buried in the St. Mary Major Basilica, near Rome’s main train station, where a simple underground tomb awaits him with just his name: Franciscus.
The Vatican said 40 special guests would greet his coffin on the piazza in front of the basilica, reflecting the marginalized groups Francis prioritized as pope: homeless people and migrants, prisoners and transgender people.
AP video shot by Paolo Santalucia and Srdjan Nedeljkovic
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