The funeral of Pope Francisthe first Latin American pontiff in the history of the Catholic Church, begin with a moment of profound emotion in St. Peter’s Square.
After hours of waiting for a compliance, in a respectful and dense silence of emotion, the crowd explodes in a unanimous applause when, shortly after 10, the coffin of the Holy Father is brought to procession outside the Vatican Basilica.
The coffin, simple and in light wood, as per the desire of the same Bergoglioadvances slowly, supported by the pontifical chair. The gesture is accompanied by the strengthening of the bells and a suspended atmosphere, where spirituality and collective condolence intertwine.
The procession crosses the shaped while the cameras frame the moved faces of the faithful, delegations and world leaders present: a solemn scene that opens the funeral rite and seals the last farewell to a pope who made simplicity the distinctive sign of his pontificate.
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