US EditionMigrant, homeless and trans crowd to pay respects to Pope Francis at funeral
- Forty people will greet Pope Francis after his funeral on Saturday at the Basilica of St. Mary Major.
- This event highlights his consistent support for marginalized populations throughout his papacy.
- The Vatican announced this group includes migrants, incarcerated, homeless, and transgender individuals.
- The group will present white roses, a gesture meant "to say 'welcome home'," according to reports.
- This tribute reflects the profound impact Francis had on vulnerable people who now express feelings of loss.
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With the 'last' who will await the Pope at Santa Maria Maggiore: 'He has always loved us like children'
From Antonino to Maddalena, the forty who will welcome the coffin in the church's churchyard are Italians and foreigners, found in the corners of Rome. “He understood us, he had a warm heart.”
Poor, imprisoned, ‘transgender’ individuals to be among those honored at Pope Francis’ funeral, bishops decide
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Migrant, homeless and trans crowd to pay respects to Pope Francis at funeral
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A group of 40 people, including migrants, the incarcerated, homeless people and transgender people, will greet the late Pope Francis with white roses on the steps of the Basilica of St. Mary Major after his funeral on Saturday (April 26), the Vatican announced. “The gesture of the white rose is a way to say ‘welcome home’ because he will go to the house of the father,” said Bishop Benoni Ambarus, secretary of the commission …
Who are the 40 friends of the Pope who will welcome him to Santa Maria Maggiore: homeless people, migrants and prisoners
Homeless people, migrants, women victims of trafficking, prisoners and trans people. Each with a personal relationship with Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Forty people, all friends of Pope Francis, will receive his body upon arrival at Santa Maria Maggiore after the funeral. A.N. will be a 74-year-old Italian citizen: Catholic, homeless, welcomed at a Caritas first reception center for two and a half years. But also C.B., separated, welcomed at a first …
Poor people welcome Francisco upon arrival at the place where he will be buried
According to information from the Vatican press office, the group consisted of about 40 poor and needy people, migrants, prisoners, and transgenders. The secretary of the Commission for Migration of the CEI (Italian Episcopal Conference), in previous statements quoted by the Ecclesia agency, said that each person would carry a white rose and pointed out that the group included inmates from the Repubblica Prison, where Pope Francis opened a Holy …
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