VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis was “a pope among the people, with an open heart toward everyone,” said Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, as he presided over the funeral of the pope, who died April 21 at the age of 88. And the people — an estimated 200,000 of...
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, prays before the casket of Pope Francis during the pope’s funeral in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 26. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)