Buenos Aires bids farewell to Francis with tears, calls to action

Argentina bids farewell to native son Pope Francis with Mass that draws thousands

(OSV News) — Thousands gathered for a massive Mass outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires to remember the life and legacy of Pope Francis, whose ministry as archbishop in the Argentine capital of taking the church to the peripheries and prioritizing the poor became a template for his pontificate. Archbishop Jorge García Cuerva of Buenos Aires celebrated an emotional Mass in the iconic Plaza de Mayo, where he told the assembled faithf…

Argentina bids farewell to Pope Francis with 'symbolic embrace' at open-air Mass in Buenos Aires

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina –  Argentines bid farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday, April 26, holding a massive open-air Mass in front of the cathedral where he served as the archbishop of Buenos Aires before his papacy. Giant screens and displays highlighted the figure of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the son of Italian immigrants born in Buenos Aires in 1936 who made history by defending the poor as the first Latin American pope. The historic Plaza de Ma…

Buenos Aires bids farewell to Francis with tears, calls to action

With songs, dancing, tears and prayers, mourners in Buenos Aires marked the burial of native son Pope Francis on Saturday.

Argentina bids farewell to Pope Francis with 'symbolic embrace' at open-air mass in Buenos Aires

Argentines bid farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday, holding a massive open-air mass in front of the cathedral where he served as the archbishop of Buenos Aires before his papacy.

In parallel with the mass funeral in the Vatican, Pope Francis was fired this Saturday by thousands of Argentines in his native Buenos Aires, who lived a day full of excitement and marked by vigils, masses and even a procession through some of the places that marked Jorge Bergoglio's path in his land.