Francis’s papal funeral was the most political in memory, which is just what he would’ve wanted. It’s almost as if, from beyond the grave, the wily Argentine conspired to try to bring peace a little closer in Ukraine.

“Build bridges, not walls,” said Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re in his homily, quoting treasured words of the late pontiff. Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, seated in the front row, were clearly in a receptive mood. Earlier they had held a private, 15-minute meeting in St Peter’s Basilica, the cameras capturing a vivid contrast to their last conversation in the White House. There, they had argued like children in front of the world’s media. Here, with only God listening, they leant forward and conversed like adults. On SkyNews, a priest dubbed it “Pope Francis’s miracle”.