'Ciao Francesco', Romans wave goodbye to the pope they adopted


Faithful leave with their banners outside St. Peter's Square, following the funeral Mass of Pope Francis, in Rome, Italy, April 26, 2025. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

ROME (Reuters) - Romans cheered, clapped and cried on Saturday as they watched the simple, open-topped, white "pope-mobile" carry Francis' coffin from the Vatican to his chosen burial place at the heart of the Eternal City.

"When a pope dies, another one is made," a well-known and rather cynical Roman proverb says, but for many citizens of the Italian capital Pope Francis will be almost irreplaceable.

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