Queuing to see Pope Francis lying in state in St Peter’s Basilica.

Even among people who took the time and spent the money to attend the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday and stay until Sunday, views on the future of the church and the papacy are mixed. Many who were in Rome for the funeral referred to expensive hotel rooms — up to as much as €1,000-a-night; what it was like to see the inside of the basilica and the Pope lying in state; even the fact that Donald Trump wore a blue suit on the day.

But when asked to home in on the future of the church, there were far more mixed views than one would imagine.

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