Pope Francis put to rest in Rome after the funeral attended by thousands Religion news

Rome, Italy About 250,000 mourners occurred in the Vatican city of silence on Saturday morning with the start of the funeral of Pope Francis.

The church’s choir was echoed through loudspeakers throughout the country. Some have bent their heads in respect. Others put their hands in a silent prayer.

After 10 am (08:00 GMT), the coffin of the Pope was removed from the St. Peter’s Church. Most crowds, very far from taking a look at the large screens scattered around the Saint Peter Square.

Police officers and the agency and military personnel who were directing the crowds across the folded streets since the dawn recently relaxed, as the gentle voice of the prayer of prayer in the tense morning in a moment of common peace.

When readings started in several languages, several groups of teenagers who came to Rome as part of the jubilee of teenagers, which happened for three days during JubileeA major Catholic event that is held every 25 years, sat on stones via Conciliazione, which leads to the square.

Others moved towards the margin of the street while they were striving to the warm midday sun.

One voice of love and prayer

Pauline Mili, a French doctorate student who arrived early in the morning with her parents, said that it was an influential ceremony and was “good to hear people who sing in harmony and spend time together” while celebrating them. The Pope’s inheritance.

Lebanese -Lebanese, Elie Depp, traveled to Rome with his wife and young son to attend the sanctification of Carlo Akotis, who was postponed due to the death of Francis on Monday.

Deeb Al -Jazeera told that he was “blessed to be part of the funerary prayer and service today to pray for his soul” and he was a fan of seeing people of many different nationalities talking “with one voice of love and prayer.”

His son, Anthony, who was sitting on his father’s shoulders in a Lebanese flag, said that he was sad that the Pope had died, but he was “still happy that he would go to heaven.”

In the middle of the box, a group of teenagers from Mexico ranked their hands on the shoulders of each other with their heads.

With the ceremony approaching, the crowds were nominated outside the Vatican while the rulers delivered free water to the elderly.

The bobbel, which carries the coffin of Francis from the city of the city and through the streets of Rome, came out after many of its famous landmarks, such as Colosseum, to the Bazilica St. Mary Megur, a few kilometers away.

Love messages that still “carry a great weight”

Since nearly 50 heads of the state, 12 ruling kings and other guests of the dignitaries who were sitting in a department next to St. Peter in the Church of Saint Peter were entered from the special exits in a series of procession procession, and tens of thousands of mourners began on one trip on its foot to the last rest of the Pope.

Fiorello Maffei, 58, has returned and lives in London, to Italy because of the deferred Carlo’s sanctification, who is from the London who was born to Italian parents who died from leukemia at the age of 15. Mavi said that he found the funeral of Francis “a very touch” full of simple words and messages that still “carry a great weight.”

He said this is Francis, the student, who did not give his messages while communicating with people, adding that it is pleased that world leaders like US President Donald Trump should listen to these peace messages.

Two of the priests from Benin who attended the funeral with the clergy from South Africa said that although they felt sad during service, they were full of hope and were grateful to the French heritage left by Francis.

While they saw the Pope’s sarcophagus, it is driving through Rome on a large television screen, which was placed near the banks of the river, they said that Francis had a message of peace and integration and welcomed migrants and refugees with a “open heart”.

Mavi said he believed that Francis would have enjoyed seeing many people walking in Rome and dealing with Largo Magnaboli.

Mavi said: “Walking like this is difficult. It is time to think and meditate, and this is what he wanted,” Mavi said.

In Bazilica Saint -Marie Major, a church loved by the Pope, which he visited more than 100 times throughout their 12 -year -old girl, the crowds began to leave as a public party or a special event was organized to bury him.

On Sunday, and The tomb of the Pope It was opened to the public.

The simple white resting place, simply included in the name of one – Franciskos, is named in Latin – Francis’s request for his will to bury “on the ground, without a certain decoration.”