00:28On Monday, parishioners came together for a mass in tribute to him, not only as a global religious figure, but as a local guide who transformed lives through compassion and faith.
00:50Commemorations also took place elsewhere across the Latin American continent.
00:55In Brazil, thousands of Catholic worshippers gathered at the Basilica of Our Lady Aparecida to attend a solemn mass in honor of the late Pope.
01:08Similar services were held in Lima's Church of the Nazarenes, the Caracas Cathedral in Venezuela and the Primate Cathedral of Colombia, as well as in many other South American cities and towns.
