(21 Apr 2025)
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Manila, Philippines – 21 April 2025
1. Catholics making sign of the cross during Mass
2. Mass; UPSOUND (English) church official: “For the soul of our leader Pope Francis, who returned to our creator a few hours ago.”
3. TV monitor showing “Requiescat in Pace (Latin for May he rest in peace) Pope Francis.”
4. Wide of Cuba Cathedral
5. Priest officiating mass
6. SOUNDBITE (English) no name given, church member:
“Grant eternal rest for our beloved Pope Francis, to our departed family members, friends and loved ones, we pray. Lord fill us with joy in your victory.”
7. Man taking picture of TV monitor
8. Woman taking photo of Pope Francis portrait with flowers
9. Woman taking photos on her mobile phone
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Elizabeth Sendin, church worker:
"When he became Pope we were all awed by how humble he was and he continued humble throughout his ministry. So, this as a simple person serving the church, this is how I see him, how humble he is in following Christ.”
11. Portrait of Pope Francis
12. Faithful Olivia Flores leaving church
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Olivia Flores, faithful:
“Of course I’m very sad. He is one of the most loved popes in my opinion and I feel that we still needed his direction. That’s the reason why I came to church to seek consolation.”
14. Crucifixion on altar
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Olivia Flores, faithful:
“He looked very weak (yesterday) and sick and so I was actually thinking if he really needed to rest already and so I think this is a decision by God calling him back so that he may already be free from all the pains that he is suffering.”
++NIGHT SHOTS++
16. Church bell ringing to mourn the death of Pope Francis
17. Philippine and Vatican flags at half-staff
STORYLINE:
Churches in the Philippines, the largest Roman Catholic nation in Asia, rang their bells Monday to mourn the death of Pope Francis, who visited the country in 2015.
Many attended Mass on Monday evening to offer special prayers for Francis.
"When he became Pope we were all awed by how humble he was and he continued humble throughout his ministry," said Elizabeth Sendin, a worker at a church in Manila.
One churchgoer said that although she was sad she could tell Francis’s time had come.
"I think this is a decision by God calling him back so that he may already be free from all the pains that he is suffering," said Olivia Flores.
Francis was history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change.
Bells tolled in church towers across Rome after the announcement, which was read out by Cardinal Kevin Farrell from the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta, where Francis lived.
Francis, who suffered from chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, was admitted to Gemelli hospital on Feb. 14, 2025, for a respiratory crisis that developed into double pneumonia. He spent 38 days there, the longest hospitalization of his 12-year papacy.
AP video by Joeal Calupitan
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