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,

The Philippines began a period of national mourning for Pope Francis on Wednesday, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ordering flags on all state buildings across the staunchly Roman Catholic country to fly at half-mast to honour the pontiff.

As tens of thousands of Catholics waited in hourslong lines to pay their respects to Pope Francis, many were debating the direction of the church.

Re called Francis “a pope among the people, with an open heart towards everyone.” He recalled the last image many people have of Francis was of him delivering what would become his final blessing on Easter Sunday, and saluting from the popemobile in the same piazza where his funeral was being celebrated.

World dignitaries and Catholic faithful attended Pope Francis’ funeral in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday.Despite the presence of presidents and princes, prisoners and migrants ushered him into the basilica where he will be buried,

Parishes in the Diocese of Malolos will be ringing their church bells to remember the late Pope Francis. This is in time for the papal funeral mass slated for Saturday at 4 p.m. (Philippine time). “Kasabay ng Misa ng Paglilibing kay Papa

Roger Yu, a gay man from the Philippines who abandoned plans to become a priest, said he was in Italy to pay homage to Pope Francis, a spiritual leader he saw as an inspiring supporter of the LGBTQ community.