via The Philadelphia Inquirer on April 21, 2025
Philadelphians mourn Pope Francis’ death and recall the 2015 visit of a pontiff who ‘was for the people’
By Nick Vadala, Beatrice Forman, and Michelle Myers
Julia Barth, a Temple University junior, can’t believe that she got to see Francis speak at his last Easter service. Barth, 20, has been studying at the university’s campus in Rome since January. She and her roommates live next to the Vatican and would joke that they were neighbors with ...