SHOTLIST VATICAN CITY (APRIL 25, 2025) (ANADOLU-ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE LINED UP INSIDE AND OUTSIDE ST. PETER’S BASILICA TO PAY RESPECT TO POPE FRANCIS LYING IN COFFINVATICAN CITY - APRIL 25: Thousands of people on Friday, Apr. 27, lined up to pay respect to Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. The leader of the Catholic Church was born in Buenos Aires on Dec. 17, 1936, to Italian immigrant parents. He studied in Argentina and later in Germany before being ordained as a Jesuit priest in 1969. Over a decade into his papacy, Pope Francis remained a figure of admiration and controversy. He sought to reform the Vatican’s bureaucracy, tackle corruption, and address some of the church’s most pressing challenges. The pope was admitted to a hospital in Rome in February with bronchitis, which developed into bilateral pneumonia. He was discharged after 38 days to continue his recovery at his Vatican residence. Pope Francis died on Monday at the age of 88.