(26 Apr 2025)
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Vatican City – 26 April 2025
1. View of St Peter’s Basilica dome
2. Aerial of funeral crowd
3. Aerial of coffin in square
4. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Mario Lazzaro, mourner:
"A great emotion for a Pope who was always among the people, he has truly been a totally human Pope. He was a person who really… I can’t even express what I feel for this pope."
5. Mid of sculptures on roof of basilica
6. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Nino Cangelosi, mourner:
"He was a man, a great man. He made a miracle for me, I had a health problem, I turned to him, and I prayed a lot. I am so sorry that he left us, Pope Francis."
7. Mid of coffin in square
8. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Sister Maria Antonietta Valentino, mourner:
"Now I have feeling of great serenity, of having entrusted Pope Francis to God’s mercy, and gratitude, much gratitude for the gift that has been to the Church and to all humanity."
9. Close of religious officials
10. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Pallecchi Enza, mourner:
"Great emotion greets given that French Father Francesco, because he deserved it, is a very good person."
11. Wide of coffin in square
12. Wide of crowd
13. Close of coffin
STORYLINE:
World leaders and Catholic faithful have said farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral that highlighted his concern for people on the “most peripheral of the peripheries” and reflected his wishes as pastor.
Some 250,000 people flocked to the funeral, held on a brilliant spring day that was supposed to have been a special Holy Year celebration for adolescents.
After the Mass, the coffin went to St. Mary Major Basilica, where Francis will be buried.
It was carried into the church, escorted by Swiss Guards.
Mourner Mario Lazzaro remembered him as a "totally human Pope".
"I can’t even express what I feel for this pope," he added.
AP production by Maria Grazia Murru
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