(28 Feb 2025)
ITALY ASSISI +REPLAY – UPDATED EDIT AND SCRIPT +
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Assisi, Italy – 21 February 2025
1. Various exteriors of Basilica of St Francis
2. Wide of tour group
3. Wide top shot of monks
4. Close up of hands in prayer
5. Wide of nun at prayer
6. Various of monks singing
7. Set up Fra’ Giulio Cesareo, Franciscan friar
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Fra’ Giulio Cesareo, Franciscan friar
"Twelve years when Pope Francis on the balcony of St Peter’s Square announced his name as Francis, I was in Rome I was watching the TV and I was speechless, really speechless. I would never imagined that Francis would become the name of the shepherd of the church".
9. Wide of Fra’ Giulio Cesareo, Franciscan friar looking at view
10. Wide of merchandise relating to Assisi and St Francis
11. Close of paintings of St Chiara and St Francis
12. Mid of merchandise relating to St Francis
13. Wide of buildings
14. Wide of people walking
15. Mid of people climbing stairs
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Van Zeeland, pilgrim from the USA
"I think when we hear that Pope Francis chose Francis as his name for the first time, I think it brings heightened awareness to the fact that Francis had a mission and Pope Francis wants to continue that mission of reaching out the people and giving to charity and also making sure that everybody is taken care of in this world."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Assisi, Italy – 22 February 2025
17. Various of Massimo Favaroni painting portrait of St Francis
18. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Massimo Favaroni, artist
“We can say that St. Francis is the most sought after subject by those who come to Assisi, both his portrait as well as the history as told by Giotto who painted the works in the upper part of the basilica"
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Assisi, Italy – 21 February 2025
19. Wide sunsets in the valley below the hermitage of St. Francis
20. Wide of Basilica of St Francis at sunset
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Pope Francis reached the two-week mark recovery from pneumonia Friday as doctors suggested he had overcome the most critical phase of the infection while holding out on declaring him out of danger entirely.
The Vatican’s early Friday update also suggested a level of normalcy and routine as the 88-year-old pope continues recovering at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital.
Pilgrims in Assisi say they are praying for the pontiff, who chose the name Francis after St. Francis of Assisi – known to his followers for embracing poverty and simplicity.
STORYLINE:
Pilgrims flock to Assisi an Umbrian hill town, birthplace of St Francis.
The saint is revered for his decision to renounce a wealthy lifestyle to found the Franciscan order of friars in 1209.
Saint Francis of Assisi embraced a life of poverty and simplicity and often went out in the countryside to preach a message of joy and peace to the rural poor.
In 2013 Jorge Bergoglio, the Argentine Jesuit became the first-ever pope to have named himself after the 13th century friar.
Franciscan friar Fra’ Giulio Cesareo says that he was amazed when the new Pope announced that he would be known as Francis: "Twelve years when Pope Francis on the balcony of St Peter’s Square announced his name as Francis, I was in Rome I was watching the TV and I was speechless, really speechless. I would never imagined that Francis would become the name of the shepherd of the church".
AP Video by Chris Warde-Jones
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