Vatican City: Fans of Catholic loyal and Pope Francis flooded Pontif with full force on the streets of St. Peter Square and Rome to send Pontif to sent emotional with a human touch.
People came from all over the world for the last rites outside the Basilica of St. Peter in Vatican. Others line the streets as Francis’ Casket was taken through Rome to its last resting place.
Whether pilgrims, scouts, tourists or non-believers, Surge saw the popularity of the Pope, who died on Monday at the age of 88.
Laura Riwelli, a 49 -year -old teacher in a wheelchair after an injury, was not prevented from a visit to Rome from the Adriatic city of Pesra for Francis.
Rivelly told AFP after the funeral, “Despite the difficulties, it was really worth it. He was entitled to be with us, he was a great pope.”
“He was the Pope of the people, the humble pope. He filled my life with blessings,” he said.
Many young pilgrims were wrapped on their shoulders with flags and banners. Some were pressed against barricades, others sitting in circles near the royal colonads of Gian Lorenzo Berni in Square, St. Peter.
48 -year -old Argentina Romina Cacciatore said that Francis’ death and funeral felt her “pain, emotion, pride”.
“He turned the church into some more common, more human,” he said, being of light, he distorted peace. “
A crazy scrummal took the most agile to the public after the inauguration of the plaza for the public at 6.00 pm.
Some people used to sleep overnight outside the square, such as French student Jean-Baptist Lakelazio, 22.
“We took floor mats and sleeping bags and we slept with 400 people, a lot of youth, scouts,” he told AFP.
“People used to sing all night but we managed to sleep,” he said.
Within an hour of opening, all public seats were filled by people eager for history for history.
Sea of humanity
As US President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Voldimir Zelanski, other world leaders and red-walked cards sat near Francis’s coffin during the red-hearted cardinel mass, the big screen broadcast proceedings.
Officials said at least 400,000 people left for the world’s 1.4 billion Catholic leader to honor. Aerial images showed a sea of people in the roads.
At the end of the funeral, St. Peter’s bells exit a severely, as Francis’s coffin was taken by popmobile across the city to Basilica Santa Maria Magior, where it was intervened.
People designed the streets of Rome sometimes to appreciate the coffin, two or three deep, the coffin, or to tilt their heads.
Waiting for Francis’s coffin in Roman Basilica was 33 -year -old Diego Borgane from Argentina.
“I am Catholic, but not practicing, and for the first time I represented Pope Francis – beyond Argentina, for what he has done,” Borgane said.
In the crowd, they admitted that they were watching history-a centuries old color and pomp as well as collective grief of thousands of people.
Jessica Kinzi, a student of Mexican, said 22 -year -old, “This is just a historic moment – it is crazy for us to be here.”
“I know he was the head of the church and everything, but for me, more than anything, I think I will remember him for his human side,” he told AFP.
Despite the severity of the occasion, when Francis’s coffin emerged from the doors of St. Peter for the first time, the crowd erupted.
“He represented peace and acceptance,” said Cyril Clarke, a student from the United States.
“He looked a good pope for everyone.”
