He was described as a “total embarrassment” by another.
What a jerk. wearing blue rather than black. At the Pope’s funeral, he was on his phone. A second slammed, “Even though I’m an atheist, I respect the dead.”
Pope Francis was transferred, per his request, to the basilica of St. Mary Major, which he visited often throughout his life.
He chose to alter convention, and he made his wishes known in his last testament.
Pope Francis favored a simpler casket and wanted things to be “simple.”