Pope: Vatican Press Corps Shed Tears

“It does really affect you seeing him like this without life,” CNN Rome bureau chief Alessio Vinci said after viewing the Pope’s body. “I am one of the junior reporters at the Vatican. And in this Vatican press corps there are correspondents who have been covering him 20 years, 27 years. Even they were extremely emotional. I saw some crying.”

“That doesn’t happen all that often. The last time I saw a colleague crying, it was 9/11. That gives you an idea how powerful this moment is.” More on CNN.com…

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