The world’s farewell to Pope Francis with mass funeral and humble burial

Vatican City: President, Royalty and Simple Morners on Saturday bid farewell to Pope Francis at a serious funeral ceremony, where a cardinal appealed for the legacy of Pontif’s care of migrants, to keep Dowtroden and environment alive. US President Donald Trump, who clashed with the Pope on those issues, seated on one side of Francis’s coffin in the Square of the Vishal St. Peter.
On the other hand, set cardinals that will choose Francis successor in a conclave next month, deciding whether the new Pope should continue with a push of heavenly pontiff for more open churches or conservatives, who want to return to a more traditional papayi. Argentina Pope, who ruled for 12 years, died on Monday after suffering a stroke at the age of 88. Italian Cardinal Geoani Batista Ray said, “Human warm -rich and deeply sensitive to today’s challenges, Pope Francis really shared the concerns, sufferings and hopes of this time.”
When they talk about the importance of Francis’ care for Francis, their constant arguments for peace, the need for interactions to end wars and the importance of addressing climate change, they play applause.
They again clapped vigorously at the end of the service when the Ushers picked up the casket and tilted it slightly so that more people could see.
The aerial scenes of the Vatican showed a patchwork of colors from the dark costumes of world leaders, some of some of the 250 cardinals red, some of the 400 bishops worn by purple and white worn by priests present.
After the funeral, pelting in mourning as the great bells of St. Peter, the coffin was placed on an open-top popmobile and operated through the heart of Rome to St. Mary Major Basilica.
Francis, who had taken away the pomp and privilege of the sinner during his 12 -year rule, asked to be buried there instead of St. Peter’s crypt, which is a traditional resting place for the Pope. The burial was being held in strict secrecy. Popmobile left the Vatican from the Perugino Gate, just one side entrance from Santa Marta Guesthouse where Francis had chosen to live instead of the ornate Renaissance apartment in the Pope Mahal.
The estimated mob by the police line up the 5.5-km (3.4-mile) route for St. Mary Major as a number of 150,000.
Some waving signs and others threw the flowers towards the coffin. He shouted “Viva Il Papa” (long Pope) and “Siao, Francesko” (goodbye, Francis) as the procession made his way around the ancient monuments of Rome, including Colosium.
The funeral offered Trump an opportunity to hold a brief meeting with Ukraine President Volodimier Zelanceki. Other heads of the state attending the funeral were the President of Argentina, France, Gabon, Germany, Philippines and Poland, along with Prime Ministers of Britain and New Zealand, and many Royals, including King and Queen of Spain. Francis’s death entered a careful planned period of infection marked by ancient rituals, pomp and mourning. In the last three days, around 250,000 people filed their open coffin, which was placed before the altar of the cavernus Basilica.
Latin hymns and prayers singing the funeral were recited in various languages ​​including Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese and Arabic, which reflects the global access of the 1.4 billion-member Roman Catholic Church. Many loyal people tried to secure spots in front of the crowd, while others woke up early in the morning.
(This is a Reuters Story)