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.
