(26 Apr 2025)
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Vatican City – 26 April 2025
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Various of people camping out on ground in streets ahead of Pope Francis’ funeral
2. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Ana Lucia Santos Barros, pilgrim from Brazil:
“We came here to pay homage to Pope Francis and yes, we are willing to stay here all night, sleeping in the streets.”
3. Various of people lying down in streets, preparing inflatable mattress to sleep
4. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Fiammetta Bellotti, pilgrim from Italy:
“No, it is worth it, absolutely (to sleep in the streets). We don’t know how much we are going to sleep but we are here. And to be here is important.”
5. Wooden cross resting on traffic light, people singing
6. People sitting, laying on ground
7. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Francesco Rossini, pilgrim from Italy:
“We are here and trying to participate in this historical and important moment of faith, which is the funeral of our Holy Father Pope Francis.”
8. Various of people sleeping in streets
9. Close of woman draped in thermal blanket
10. Wide of people preparing to sleep in streets
STORYLINE:
Faithful camped on the streets of Vatican City early Saturday, to secure a place ahead of Pope Francis’ funeral.
Hundreds of people gathered outside the security checks in Via della Conciliazione to be the first to pay respects to Pope Francis.
"We don’t know how much we are going to sleep but we are here, and to be here is important," said Fiammetta Bellotti, a pilgrim from Italy.
More than 250,000 people paid their last respects to Pope Francis over three days of public viewing by ordinary mourners, church and political leaders that ended Friday, when his coffin was sealed ahead of his state funeral in St. Peter’s Square and burial in a basilica outside the Vatican’s walls.
World leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump and Argentine President Javier Milei, along with royalty, converged on Rome for the funeral.
But the group of marginalized people who will meet his casket in a small crosstown basilica are more in keeping with Francis’ humble persona and disdain for pomp.
The Vatican said that 164 delegations are confirmed, including 54 heads of state and 12 reigning sovereigns.
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