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Vatican City, Vatican entering Rome – 26 April 2025
1. Various of Pope Francis’ coffin on back of popemobile leaving the Vatican en route to St. Mary Major Basilica
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Pope Francis’ coffin left St. Peter’s Square in a procession to his final resting place in St. Mary Major Basilica after his funeral on Saturday.
World leaders and Catholic faithful bade 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.
Though presidents and princes attended the Mass in St. Peter’s Square, prisoners and migrants will welcome him at the basilica across town where he will be buried.
Some 250,000 people flocked to the funeral Mass and tens of thousands more lined the motorcade route, clapping and cheering “Papa Francesco” as his simple wooden coffin travelled aboard one of his old popemobiles to its final resting place at St. Mary Major Basilica on the other side of the city.
The white facade of St. Peter’s glowed pink as the sun rose Saturday and hordes of mourners rushed into the square. Giant television screens were set up along the surrounding streets for those who couldn’t get close. The Mass and funeral procession across town — with Francis’ coffin carried on the open-topped popemobile he used during his 2015 trip to the Philippines — were also broadcast live around the world.
AP video shot by: Francesca Primavilla, Paolo Lucariello
Production by: Francesco Sportelli
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