'Shared Loss': Filipino Catholics Bid Pope Francis Farewell

The Philippines, Asia's Catholic bastion, held four days of national mourning for the pope's death (Credit: AFP)

Filipino faithful prayed the rosary inside a Manila church on Saturday as the funeral of Pope Francis played overhead on large screens.

Young people crowded into the front rows of the Sacred Heart Parish Shrine, where a trio of large fans kept parishioners cool as four days of national mourning in Asia's Catholic bastion neared an end.