Myanmar Catholics Mourn Pope Who Remembered Their Plight

Faithful pray in memory of the late Pope Francis at St Mary’s Cathedral in Yangon (Credit: AFP)

As Catholics filed into Myanmar's grandest cathedral to mourn Pope Francis on Tuesday, a wartime power cut plunged the worship hall into a murky gloom.

But at the front of the pews a portrait of the pontiff remained illuminated by an unseen source -- a backup bulb or an open window keeping the image of his face vivid and bright.