Naomi Campbell pays her respects to the late Pope Francis as she visits his tomb in Rome: ‘You are so missed’

Naomi Campbell paid her respects to the late Pope Francis as she visited his tomb in Rome, Italy, over the weekend.

The supermodel, 55, took to her Instagram page on Sunday revealing she couldn’t pass by the Italian capital without a ‘moment of deep gratitude before departing’.

The catwalk queen captured her entrance and parts of her visit inside the astonishing Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore. 

Pope Francis died in April this year at the age of 88. 

Naomi wrote alongside a snap of the holy place: ‘Couldn’t be in Rome without paying my respects to Pope Francis. A moment of deep gratitude before departing. You are so missed. Heartfelt, reverent, and full of longing.❤️ ‘

The star also shared a picture posing with a group of Italian police officers who were, perhaps, huge fans of the model.

Naomi Campbell paid her respects to the late Pope Francis as she visited his tomb in Rome, Italy , over the weekend (pictured at the F1 premiere last week)

The fashion legend took to her Instagram page on Sunday revealing she couldn’t pass by the Italian capital without a ‘moment of deep gratitude before departing’

It comes after the British star shared a rare snap of her children as the family enjoyed a day out in the woods last week.

Naomi revealed last year that she welcomed both of her children via surrogate, in 2021 and 2023.

In sweet snaps shared by Naomi on Instagram, she was seen holding hands with her tots as they went tree hugging. 

Other snaps showed Naomi strolling through the woods with her son as she wore a white smock dress. 

‘In the woods, hugging trees — surrounded by my heartbeats, my blessings, my children. ❤️❤️,’ she wrote.

Naomi became a mother for the first time in 2021 aged 50 and posed with the newborn on the cover of Vogue.  

The supermodel shocked the world when she announced the surprise birth her daughter followed by a son in 2023, both of whose names the catwalk queen has not made public.

Naomi previously admitted that her daughter wasn’t adopted before clarifying that she hadn’t been pregnant herself as she discussed how much her children mean to her.

The catwalk queen captured her entrance and bits of her visit inside the astonishing Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore

Moreover, the cover veteran shared a picture posing with a group of Italian police officers who were, perhaps, huge fans of the model

Telling The Times: ‘My babies are everything to me. It’s made me fear for the future.’

Naomi went on to explain that she was never looking for a father for her kids and is happy being ‘a single mother of a single mum’. 

When asked whether she used a surrogate she replied: ‘I did. I hope for a better world for my children. 

‘They are 110 per cent my priority. I have to be there for them on their first day at school.’ 

Her daughter’s arrival sparked widespread speculation that she used a surrogate, a popular approach among older celebrity mothers.

This was because she was not spotted with an obvious baby bump in the months leading up to the birth.

Naomi also spoke of her concern that younger generations are not interested in having children.

She also insisted parenthood is always ‘worth it’, no matter how difficult the circumstances. 

It comes after the British star shared a rare snap of her children as the family enjoyed a day out in the woods 

In sweet snaps shared by Naomi on Instagram, she was seen holding hands with her tots as they went tree hugging

The supermodel revealed last year that she welcomed both of her children via surrogate, in 2021 and 2023 (seen in January)

She said: ‘I have heard a lot of young girls saying that it is too expensive to have children and they may not want them, and I have said, ‘You will change your mind. You will want to be a mum”.

‘I understand economically it is tough. But my mum had nothing and she made it work. It’s worth it. It is so amazing’. 

She continued: ‘We have to depend on the younger generation to change this world. I trust my children more than us to do the right thing.’

Elsewhere in the interview, she revealed that she won’t let her daughter go into the world of work at 15 like she did, after starting her own career in her teenage years when she did her first cover shoot.

The beauty, who was whisked abroad to model in her first photoshoot for Elle in New Orleans aged 15, said she would be uncomfortable with her now three-year-old to start working so young. 

The mother-of-two said: ‘I’m not sure I would let her start working at 15. It’s a ruthless world.’