Huge crowds flock to Vatican for Pope Francis’s funeral | Religion News

Tens of thousands of mourners flooded into St Peter’s Square for the funeral of Pope Francis, the champion of the poor and the Catholic Church’s first Latin American leader.

Some people waited overnight to be first in the queue for the ceremony, which will be attended by world leaders.

The Argentinian pontiff, who died on Monday aged 88, sought to steer the centuries-old church into a more inclusive direction during his 12-year papacy.

Some 250,000 people paid their respects before his…