Faithful mourned and cardinals gathered in the days following Pope Francis’ death
From top: U.S. Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, used holy water to bless the body of Pope Francis April 21 in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, at the Vatican (CNS); young people attended Mass April 27 on the second day of the “novendiali” — nine days of mourning — in St. Peter’s Square (CNS); people prayed at the Basilica of St. John Lateran April 24 as Pope Francis lay in state (OSV News); Cardinals Luis Jose Rueda Aparicio of Bogota, Colombia, center left, and Ruben Salazar Gomez of Bogota, center right, prepared April 30 to attend the seventh general congregation meeting of cardinals (CNS).
