The dome of St Peter’s was shrouded in mist for the funeral of Pope Benedict, with the cupola and the cross disappearing behind the figures of the apostles that surmount the facade. It was an extraordinary crowd gathered in the freezing cold. There were many Germans, many Italians and people from everywhere else you could think of.
One jolly German from Stuttgart, Damir Galich, who travelled by himself, said he came because he wanted to express his gratitude to the late Pope Emeritus: “he was a conservative, but I admired him so much,” he said.
