The sun rose high over a packed St. Peter’s Square on the morning of April 26 as more than a quarter of a million people from all walks of life, from the humble faithful to world leaders, gathered together for the funeral of Pope Francis.
He was a pope among the people, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, said in his homily in Italian. He was attentive to the signs of the times and to the anxieties, sufferings, and hopes of this time of globalization.
