00:00Okay, well, communion is now being handed out throughout St. Peter's Square, a remarkable
00:09thing to see on such a scale. Ellie Costello has been monitoring all of this, and I know,
00:16Ellie, this, I mean, frankly, to be there must be almost overwhelming.
00:22It truly is, Stephen. I mean, the sounds right now of the Sistine Chapel choir just ringing
00:28out across St. Peter's Square. I can't even put into words how beautiful, solemn, and
00:38poignant this moment is. And also, I wanted to touch on the level of organization as well
00:46that we are witnessing in front of us right now. I can see the priests receiving communion
00:52there, 4,000 of them in St. Peter's Square for this funeral, and many of them will then
01:00go on to give out communion to the crowds that are here. 750 bishops, you can see them there
01:09in purple, and 220 cardinals. It is the most incredible sight. And the reverence in the crowd
01:21is so striking. It's hot here today. It's, let me just take a look at how hot it is, 20 degrees
01:31already at 25 past 11 in the morning. And there are pilgrims down in St. Peter's Square now fanning
01:39themselves. They are, there's now a sea of umbrellas where the temperatures are obviously starting to
01:45soar now. And they could be forgiven perhaps for being distracted from the Requiem Mass that is taking
01:53place considering it is in Latin and it is a long service. But that is not the case. They are all
02:01facing forwards. They are focused. They are reflecting on the words that have been said by Cardinal Ray
02:11and the beautiful sounds of the Sistine Chapel choir. It truly is just the most beautiful
02:22atmosphere here. And as you were touching upon earlier, a celebration, as well as obviously
02:30marking the very sad passing of Pope Francis, it's a celebration of his memory and everything that he
02:37stood for. And we saw that in the 20 minute homily, didn't we, which we now have a translation for that
02:44that has come through on email to us from the Vatican. So I will get the English translation for us
02:55here because it really was so poignant, wasn't it, in such a broken world that we are living in at the
03:02moment. The words there of Cardinal Ray talking about the Gospel and about Pope Francis. And he concluded that
03:16sermon by talking about Pope Francis and his message to people, which was, do not forget to pray for me.
03:24It's what he always said to people when he was leaving them. We heard that from the priests that we
03:30were speaking to earlier on, on breakfast, they said the same thing as it was his message. And now,
03:37what a wonderful message to us all that we can pray to Pope Francis as well.
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