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.
It was a fitting tribute for a faith leader Myanmar Catholics hailed for shining a light on their country in its recent dark and wartorn times.
"Among popes he was the most outspoken on Myanmar," said 44-year-old nun Sister Lucy, one of hundreds packed into Yangon's St Mary's Cathedral as night fell.
"Myanmar Catholics will miss him as the pope who always remembered Myanmar," she told AFP.
'People in the peripheries'
Pope Francis—who died Monday aged 88—was the only Catholic church. . .
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