Hundreds of Filipinos attend a requiem Mass to honor Pope Francis"I cried, I cried a lot. Because I last saw him last Palm Sunday in St. Peter's Square. So we were, I was fortunate enough to, all the people there was fortunate enough to see him.

In the Philippines, through a visit, episcopal appointments, and devotional actions among others, the pontiff set the tone for the hierarchy and laity to be more missionary, merciful, and synodal. These numbers help tell the story of a Pope and his flock in a nation known as the cradle of Christianity in the Far East and the world’s third largest predominantly Catholic country after Brazil and Mexico.

The body of Pope Francis was displayed in the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta hotel in Vatican City after his death at the age of 88. Francis was shown in a wooden casket, in red vestments and his bishop’s miter.