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00:00Tens of thousands of mourners are queuing to pay their respects and see the Pope lying in state.
00:06What does this moment mean to these people?
00:09Yes, Pope Francis was a very much loved Pope.
00:13We've had a rollercoaster papacy.
00:17And although some people in the church didn't understand him,
00:22or didn't know what he was doing and why he was doing it,
00:26the vast majority of Catholics really loved him.
00:28And now this will be shown by the people who go to see him.
00:31For me, what I take from this papacy is the closeness to people.
00:38You know, he had total dedication to the church right to the last day,
00:42where we saw him on Easter Sunday going around the square with the people,
00:47even though the doctors had asked him to rest.
00:50But his closeness to people, especially people who suffered, you know,
00:54prisoners, migrants who were dying in the Mediterranean,
00:58trying to cross into Britain,
01:02the poor, the homeless, the homeless who lived around the Vatican,
01:07who he invited to parties for his birthday and other days,
01:11and he treated them very well.
01:14People who were discriminated against, the gays, the trans, you know,
01:18he was very much close to people.