(21 Apr 2025)
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Mexico City, Mexico – 21 April 2025
1. Exterior of Basilica of Our Virgin of Guadalupe
2. Screen that reads (Spanish): "Rest in peace, Pope Francis – Funeral mass"
3. Jose Geronimo Hernandez, retiree, paying tribute to the Virgin of Guadalupe
4. Image of Virgin of Guadalupe
5. Flower tributes
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jose Gerónimo Hernández and Julia Vázquez, retirees:
"We feel empty, but at the same time he is resting."
7. Various of photo of Pope Francis at base of statue of Pope John Paul II
8. Devotees lighting candles to Virgin of Guadalupe
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Mariana Lobato, educator:
"It feels like the heart is pounding. It is very unpleasant news for us as Catholics, because we appreciate and love him and I hope God has him in his holy glory."
10. Various of woman lighting candles
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Mothers María Cecilia and María Yaveth, nuns:
Maria Cecilia: "The Church is in great pain but we are in a beautiful time which is Easter and we know that death is not the end, there is resurrection, there is eternal life."
Maria Yaveth: "Well, I also feel sad to have received the news that he had already passed away, we had prayed a lot that God would keep him a little longer."
12. Nuns walking away
STORYLINE:
Mexican faithful gathered Monday at the largest Marian shrine in the world, the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, to mourn the death of Pope Francis. He was history’s first Latin American pontiff.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum labelled the death of Pope Francis on Monday a "painful loss."
"Pope Francis was a humanist, a man who was always close to the humblest, to the poor," she told a news conference in Mexico City.
Pope Francis charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change. He died Monday at the age of 88.
He visited the Basilica for the first time in 2016 with throngs of faithfuls welcoming him as he celebrated his first Mass at the shrine during the trip.
One of his biggest desires was to visit the Basilica and sit before the image of "Our Lady of Guadalupe."
AP Video by Martin Silva Rey
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