Flower artist Piet (79) met Pope Franciscus day before death: ‘He hit his eyes’

For four years in a row, Piet van der Burg (79) was allowed to dress the Sint-Pietersplein in Rome with flowers, especially for the Paus Franciscus Easter mass. Even Sunday, after which he greeted the leader of the Catholic Church for the last time. The death of the pope touches him deeply. “I got to know the pope a little better.”

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