VATICAN CITY (AP) — People have gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican to mourn Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope who charmed believers with his humble style.
Francis died Monday after making a final, poignant public appearance on Easter Sunday. He blessed the crowd of faithful from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica in an appearance about a month after his lengthy hospitalization for pneumonia.
Tributes to Francis were shared from around the world, and cardinals were meeting Tuesday at the Vatican to plan his funeral and the conclave to elect his successor.
A woman attends a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
A woman attends a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Copies of the Vatican paper L’Osservatore Romano are distributed after a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Copies of the Vatican paper L’Osservatore Romano are distributed after a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
A portrait of Pope Francis with a message below it reading in Italian “Farewell Pope Francis”, is seen in the window of a religious jewellery shop, near the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
A portrait of Pope Francis with a message below it reading in Italian “Farewell Pope Francis”, is seen in the window of a religious jewellery shop, near the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope Francis’s body is laid out in state inside his private chapel at the Vatican, Monday, April 21, 2025. From left, Dean Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, unidentified bishop, Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, Master of Ceremonies Archbishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell, and Master of Ceremonies Lubomir Welnitz. (Vatican Media via AP, HO)
Pope Francis’s body is laid out in state inside his private chapel at the Vatican, Monday, April 21, 2025. From left, Dean Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, unidentified bishop, Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, Master of Ceremonies Archbishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell, and Master of Ceremonies Lubomir Welnitz. (Vatican Media via AP, HO)
Faithful participate in a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Faithful participate in a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Faithful gather for a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Faithful gather for a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
A giant screen announces a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
A giant screen announces a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Italian army soldiers carrying an anti drone gun patrol the area in front of St. Peter’s Square before a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in Rome Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Italian army soldiers carrying an anti drone gun patrol the area in front of St. Peter’s Square before a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in Rome Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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