GIACOMO. THANK YOU. AND AT 645, MY SISTER IS ACTUALLY AT THE VATICAN RIGHT NOW. SHE IS INSIDE THE BASILICA, AND SHE HAS BEEN SENDING US VIDEO. THIS IS WHAT SHE SAYS HAPPENED JUST WITHIN THE LAST HOUR OR SO. THERE IS SUCH A HUGE SENSE OF SHOCK ACROSS EVERYONE. I MEAN, LITERALLY, I WALKED BY PEOPLE LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES. JAW DROPPED AS I WAS ON MY WALK HERE. I HAD TICKETS TO COME SEE THE BASILICA TODAY, AND I WAS ABOUT HALFWAY HERE WHEN I GOT THE NOTIFICATION TO MY PHONE THAT THIS HAPPENED. SHE MANAGED TO GET ACCESS INSIDE THE BASILICA AS PART OF A TOUR. THIS IS A LOOK JUST AN HOUR AFTER IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT POPE FRANCIS HAD PASSED AWAY. YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE SINGING THERE. PEOPLE GATHERING. SHE SAYS, EVEN WALKING INTO THE BASILICA, PEOPLE WERE CRYING AND JUST A SENSE OF SHOCK ALL AR
'A huge sense of shock': Vatican City visitors mournful following death of Pope Francis
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Updated: 7:18 AM CDT Apr 21, 2025
Pope Francis has died at the age of 88.His death comes about two months after he was hospitalized for over 30 days for a respiratory crisis that developed into double pneumonia. Jillian Timmerman, the sister of WLWT anchor Megan Mitchell, is in the Vatican Monday as part of a scheduled vacation. "There is such a huge sense of shock across everyone," Timmerman shared with sister station WLWT. "I mean, literally, I walked by people looking at their phones, jaw dropped as I was on my walk here. I had tickets to come to the Basilica today and was halfway here when I got the notification to my phone that this happened."She was able to enter Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City as part of a tour, and captured video of singing inside as the Basilica as people mourn and remember Pope Francis. She says people all over the Vatican are in a state of shock.Timmerman says people walking into the Basilica are crying, especially after Francis made a public appearance for Easter Sunday.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has died at the age of 88.
His death comes about two months after he was hospitalized for over 30 days for a respiratory crisis that developed into double pneumonia.
Jillian Timmerman, the sister of anchor Megan Mitchell, is in the Vatican Monday as part of a scheduled vacation.
"There is such a huge sense of shock across everyone," Timmerman shared with sister station WLWT. "I mean, literally, I walked by people looking at their phones, jaw dropped as I was on my walk here. I had tickets to come to the Basilica today and was halfway here when I got the notification to my phone that this happened."
She was able to enter Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City as part of a tour, and captured video of singing inside as the Basilica as people mourn and remember Pope Francis.
She says people all over the Vatican are in a state of shock.
Timmerman says people walking into the Basilica are crying, especially after Francis made a public appearance for Easter Sunday.
