Photo: The coffin of late Pope Francis is carried by pallbearers into Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, in Rome on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Stefano Costantino / AFP)
Pope Francis was laid to rest after a funeral mass in St Peter’s Square, the Vatican said on Saturday.
Francis, who died on Monday aged 88, was laid to rest during a 30-minute ceremony which started at 1:00 pm at the Santa Maria Maggiore basilica in the Italian capital.
Footage shared by the Holy See showed cardinals marking his wooden and zinc coffin with red wax seals.
Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who as camerlengo is running the Vatican’s day-to-day affairs until a new pope is elected, sprinkled it with holy water after it was lowered into a tomb set inside an alcove.
Source: AFP
