(23 Apr 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Vatican City – 23 April 2025
1. Wide shot of St. Peter’s square
2. Mosaic of the Virgin Mary on the Apostolic Palace
3. Wide of faithful waiting to enter St. Peter’s square for the lying in state
4. Various of people walking toward St. Peter’s square
5. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Sister Fernanda Sielva, visitor from Brazil:
"I felt as if I had lost someone in my family, as if I had lost my grandfather, I felt a great void, a truly broken heart. But I also felt gratitude for everything he did for the Church and also for his pontificate, which was very significant in my life."
6. Various of people in line to enter St. Peter’s square
7. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Giuseppe Barbato, visitor from Italy:
"It was a shared suffering, as indeed was his entire twelve-year pontificate, during which he involved us in all his vicissitudes, his sufferings, and especially the beautiful things he did for the Holy Church."
8. People queuing
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Father Joseph, student in Rome:
"Thank you, thank you for being a great shepherd. It’s been an absolute honour to know you, to meet you and to serve under your leadership, and thank you for guiding the church in this trying time. Thank you for being a peace builder. Thank you for being a face of Christ in the world."
10. Various of people walking toward St. Peter’s square
STORYLINE:
Thousands of faithful lined up in St. Peter’s Square Wednesday, waiting to pay homage to Pope Francis after the Argentine pontiff’s body was moved to St Peter’s Basilica for three days of public mourning.
Pope Francis, remembered for his humble style, concern for the poor and insistent prayers for peace, died Monday after suffering a stroke.
Heads of state and other leaders are expected for the funeral Saturday in St. Peter’s Square, but the public viewing is largely for ordinary Catholics to grieve the 88-year-old pope, who died Monday after suffering a stroke.
The basilica will be kept open until midnight on Wednesday and Thursday to allow the faithful to mourn. The public mourning period will end on Friday at 7 p.m. local time.
"I felt as if I had lost someone in my family, as if I had lost my grandfather, I felt a great void, a truly broken heart", Sister Fernanda Sielva told the Associated Press as she queued outside St Peter’s.
Cardinals met at the Vatican on Tuesday to schedule Francis’ funeral and burial, plan the conclave to elect his successor and make other decisions about running the Catholic Church.
AP video by Srdjan Nedeljkovic
===========================================================
Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: info@aparchive.com.
Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/
You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/68a9bdab4fe24c86a62712b4d2156706
Author: AP Archive
Go to Source
News post in April 28, 2025, 12:04 pm.
Visit Our Sponsor’s:
News Post In – News
