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Quote:Fury at 'disrespectful' mourners taking selfies with the Pope's corpse as the faithful queue for eight hours to pay respects
Mourners who flocked to the Pope's lying-in-state on Wednesday have blasted ghoulish social media users for snapping selfies next to his open casket.
On Instagram, one image saw a woman smiling at the camera as she displayed the Pope clutching his rosary around 10ft behind her. His body, dressed in his white mitre and red Papal robe symbolising love and the blood of Christ, can clearly be seen in the coffin which lies on a raised platform.
Officials released photos of Francis in his velvet-lined coffin and did not ban public pictures, but guards reportedly stopped some morbid mourners using phone cameras.
Janine Venables, 53, from Pontypridd, south Wales told MailOnline: 'What did surprise me is the fact that earlier we were told no photos in the Sistine Chapel and here people were getting their phone out and doing selfies with the coffin.
A Vatican source said: 'It would be good if people could try and remember where they are and have a little respect but there's little else that can be done.'
One faithful said the atmosphere was ruined by people 'ignoring warnings' and taking photos instead of paying proper respects.
The devoted faithful explained that she and her husband kept their phones in their pockets throughout the experience, adding that it was 'sad to see such disrespectful behaviour'.
A sea of screens was seen floating around the Pope's body, and some even extended selfie sticks in a bid to capture the best shot.
Nuns were also photographed gathering around the former head of the Catholic church with their phones in hand.
The incessant selfie-taking meant that for many, there was no silent reflection for faithfuls who had only just a fleeting moment with the Pope's open coffin - a ritual steeped in hundreds of years of history and tradition.
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