Eyewitness
Eyewitness
What Sky News correspondents witnessed at the Pope’s funeral
Amid the formal funeral proceedings, Sky News correspondents reporting from St Peter's Square and Rome came across the unexpected – from nuns sprinting to secure their place in the queue to teenagers playing Uno as the funeral played out on big screens above them.
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The Pope's coffin greeted by crowds as it travelled through Rome. Pic: Reuters
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St Peter's Square full of mourners. Pic: AP
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People line the streets outside the Colosseum
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Teenagers among the crowds
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A banner reading 'Thank you Francis' hangs from a building in Rome. Pic: Reuters
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The papal convoy goes by
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A group of young girls clap and sing as they wait for the funeral proceedings
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Crowds wait for the papal convoy
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A group of nuns who travelled to Rome from the Philippines
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Sister Richelle Elena from the Philippines
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