Live from Rome: The Week of Pope Francis’ Funeral

Here is a selection of my reports from Rome for BBC Naidheachdan and BBC Scotland News.

The first day of Pope Francis’ body lying in state:

And live on tv news: An Là on BBC ALBA, 23/04/25 (in Gaelic)

“The View from Rome”: My impressions ahead of the Papal funeral (in Gaelic) https://www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan/sgeulachdan/cd7v014dj89o

Rome is getting ready for the funeral (in English)

And again live on tv news: An Là on BBC ALBA, 24/04/25 (in Gaelic)

Live on BBC Radio Scotland’s “Good Morning Scotland” from St Peter’s Square just before the Papal funeral mass:

Here are a couple of short videos of the beautiful music during the mass. The second one contains singing in ancient Greek from the Byzantine liturgy and sung by a representative of one of the Eastern Catholic Churches.

Below are a few pictures from St Peter’s Square as well as from the church where Pope Francis is burried, Santa Maria Maggiore (including his grave with the simple inscription “Franciscus”).