Pope Francis’s historic farewell: Vatican grieves Catholic Church’s 1st head from the Americas

Pope Francis’s historic farewell: Vatican grieves Catholic Church’s 1st head from the Americas

The Vatican is grieving the first head of the Catholic Church from the Americas.Leer en españolCardinal Giovanni Battista Re was set to preside over Pope Francis’s funeral service at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City before burial at the Basilica Papale Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.“I wish my last earthly journey to end at this very ancient Marian shrine where I would go to pray at the beginning and end of each apostolic journey,” the pope wrot…