Thursday, 1 May 2025

Requiescat in pace, Papa Franciscus (1936-2025)

Final procession up the nave of St Peter's after the funeral Mass
Imperial Rome, Pontifical Rome
Towards the final resting place in Santa Maria Maggiore

For his life, see here. For photos of his visit to Ireland in August 2018 for the World Meeting of Families, see here (i.e. this parish site). In this last, note the photo of Cardinal Kevin Farrell alongside Archbishop Diarmuid Martin at the Mass for the Pastoral Congress in the RDS (Wednesday 22nd). Now, seven years later, he is the "camerlengo" organising the conclave that will meet on Wednesday May 7th to elect a new Pope (more here).