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Rome, Italy – 4 May 2025
1. Aerial of Corviale neighbourhood with San Paolo della Croce church ++MUTE++
2. Entrance to San Paolo della Croce church
3. Close of cross
4. View of residential block seen from church
5. People arriving for mass
6. Various of mass
7. Mid of Cardinal Oswald Gracias during mass
8. Close of Our Lady
9. Rev. Roberto Cassano posing for a photograph with residents
10. Close of church
11. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Rev. Roberto Cassano, San Paolo della Croce Church:
“It is a parish of humble people, poor people, without a doubt. This is a parish where 90 per cent of people live in social housing so with economical difficulties, very humble from a cultural point of view, but they are good people, they a have a good heart.”
12. Various of mass
13. People coming out of mass
14. People at the café across from the Church
15. Close of sign reading “no credit for no one”
16. Close of Pope Francis photograph
17. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Rev. Roberto Cassano, San Paolo della Croce Church: (on the death of Pope Francis)
“It was a big blow. The visit that Pope Francis made – beyond the experience of Emanuelle (referring to a child worried about whether his recently deceased atheist father would be in in heaven) which was beautiful – it was a visit that interrupted for a moment the marginalisation of these people. “
18. Pan from building to Michele Cufaro
19. Close of building
20. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Michele Cufaro, resident of the neighbourhood: (on the hopes for the next pope)
“May he follow Pope Francis, focus on the poor, on poverty, eliminate hatred, meanness and wars.”
21. Various of building seen from road
22. Various of Santa Maria Trastevere Square and church
23. Various of mass
24. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Gabrielle Maugere, Rome resident and faithful:
“As a Catholic I expect a pope that can continue what Pope Francis started. That can continue this path of continuous change in the Church, profound change in the church, of closeness with the faithful and also closer to the people, to pay attention to the most vulnerable and fragile.”
25. Mass
26. Michelina Luccarini during mass
27. Square and church entrance
28. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Michelina Luccarini, Rome resident and faithful:
(referring to Pope Francis) "It is a person that moves you, that moved you. With emotions. He provided so many beautiful advices. He had no defects, at least to me. This is it.. I hope that another one comes that also embrace us, take us by the hand and guide us.”
29. Various of mass
STORYLINE:
At Sunday mass in a parish next to Rome’s most notorious public housing complex and in one of the city’s most historic churches in the heart its tourist district, the faithful prayed for the upcoming conclave that will elect Pope Francis’ successor.
Whether in the squat 1980s concrete church of San Paolo della Croce or facing millennium-old golden mosaics in Santa Maria in Trastevere, Catholics shared two main hopes for the church’s future. Young and old, Romans and migrants alike said they would like the next pontiff to keep making the faith accessible to those on the margins and to help bring peace to a world they see as teeming with dangers.
Michele Cufaro said he prays the next pope will “focus on the poor, poverty, eliminate hatred, meanness and wars, and re-educate the youth… who are getting totally lost.”
The late pontiff, who died on April 21 at age 88, visited the parish in 2018, and comforted a child worried about whether his recently deceased atheist father would be in in heaven.
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