'Shared loss': Filipino Catholics bid Pope Francis farewell
- Filipino faithful attended a service watching Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday inside a Manila church.
- This gathering occurred as four days of national mourning neared an end in the predominantly Catholic country.
- Bells rang and requiem masses were held across the nation within hours of his death announcement this week.
- Parish priest Father Randy Flores described giving people a place to share pain as an "act of gratitude."
- The service allowed believers to gather and feel united in their shared loss and faith.
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Filipino Catholics bid Pope Francis farewell
MANILA, Philippines — Filipino faithful prayed the rosary inside a Manila church on Saturday as the funeral of Pope Francis played overhead on large screens. Young people crowded into the front rows of the Sacred Heart Parish Shrine, where a trio of large fans kept parishioners cool as four days of national mourning in Asia’s
Filipinos remember lessons from the late Pope Francis
MANILA, Philippines – He was the nation’s grandfather: the “Lolo Kiko” (Grandpa Kiko) of Asia’s biggest Catholic-majority country. What did Filipinos learn from Pope Francis? Rappler religion reporter Paterno Esmaquel II speaks to parishioners of San Roque Cathedral, the seat of Cardinal Pablo Virgilio “Ambo” David, about the legacy of the late pontiff. Watch this video report, shot and edited by Leone Requilman. – Rappler.com
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