ST. PETER’S SQUARE (VATICAN CITY): 400,000 mourners, including 55 world leaders, converged here Saturday (26th April, 2025) to attend the funeral service of Pope Francis, who passed away Easter Monday at the age of 88.
Pope Francis had willed to be buried in Rome’s Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (sans splendour): “…I ask that my mortal remains rest – awaiting the day of the Resurrection – in the Papal Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.” He is the first pope in 100 years not to be entombed in St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.
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