Between a mixture of emotions, sadness, respect and feelings of life by a historical moment, thousands of believers gave their last farewell this Saturday Francisco When his coffin arrives in Basilica Santa -Maria mayor de RomeWhere he was buried after a huge funeral.
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In the midst of a large cord of safety and fences, which closed access to the square, thousands of people gathered in the environment from the early morning to testify to the arrival of the pontiff for burial.
On funeral in the temple with COF Francisco “Marginados”, which Papa liked to purchase it in the basilica.
“It was a very exciting moment. He was a great dad, ”said Jerome Tacheir, Portuguese, who arrived from the city of Porto yesterday to be at the first person at the funeral, where he cried about emotions, like many other faithful.
In accordance with Teixeira, Many Catholics “had Very strong connection “with Francisco, Thus, “it was worth making a trip” from afar to attend the funeral.
Waiting for a burial in Mayor Santa -Maria La,
After the entrance Coffin in Santa -Maria La -Imar, Some congregations began to leave, but many others continued on the square against basilica with the confidence that inside a private dad would become private.
While the rosary was still prayed in the square, which were heard through the speakers, Anna, Italian Kalabria region (south), He explained that he arrived in Rome as a pilgrim.
“This is a moment of great excitement,” he said, still cries with the “sad” for the death of the pope, but happy from the fact that it was a huge farewell of the public, from 250 thousand people to Plaza -San -Pedro and the surrounding and another 150,000, which were wrapped during his last trip to the heart of the city, which, after crossing the path of imperial forums, bordered the Boalulic forum.
Dad was buried in a simple grave in the mayor of Santa -Maria, Made from marble from the Italian region of Liguria, where their grandparents were their grandparents.
Pontiff died last Monday at the age of 88, was the “image” very devout MarianSalus Populi Romani ‘, He often was going to pray to this icon of the Virgin Mary and convey his obvious desire to be buried in the temple.
With information EFE.