Tearful crowd gathers as Pope Francis is carried to his final resting place

BBC World Service - Newshour, Pope Francis buried at his favourite church in Rome

Pope Francis has been laid to rest at his favourite church in Rome, Santa Maria Maggiore, after a funeral attended by hundreds of thousands of people. Many lined the streets to see his coffin being taken there from the Vatican on an adapted popemobile. He is the first pontiff in more than 120 years to be buried outside the Vatican. Also in the programme: With tensions high between India and Pakistan after a shooting in Kashmir, we have an interv…

150,000 people attended the transfer, under the vivats, of the pope's coffin between St Peter's Square and the Basilica of St Mary Majeure, this Saturday in Rome.

Paddy Agnew: As Pope Francis was guided to his final resting place, it seemed fitting that his message seemed to be getting across to some politicians

On a glorious Roman spring day, Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs, Lutherans, Anglicans and many expressions of the Orthodox Christian Church came together with 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs to join the Catholic Church and faithful in bidding farewell to Pope Francis.

Tearful crowd gathers as Pope Francis is carried to his final resting place

VATICAN CITY — Early Saturday morning, Pope Francis' Coffin arrived at St. Mary Major, his final resting place. The faithful began filing out after a solemn funeral mass in honor of Pope Francis. At the end, the crowd clapped in unison as 14 white gloved pall bearers tilted the casket toward the crowd. It was a powerful end to a mass peppered with tears and cheers. Pope Francis’ viewing draws 250K mourners; Numbers fall short of St. Joh…

Pope Francis laid to rest in Rome's St. Mary Major Basilica

ROME (NBC, KYMA/KECY) - Pope Francis has been laid to rest in Rome's Saint Mary Major Basilica Saturday. As part of the burial ritual, Cardinal Kevin Farrell placed a seal on Pope Francis' coffin. Pope Francis is the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican. He broke with tradition, requesting to be buried in an underground tomb at St. Mary Major Basilica, which is home to his favorite icon of the Virgin Mary. In his…

Pope Francis is laid to rest in Rome

Pallbearers process with the coffin of Pope Francis during his funeral at St. Peter’s Square, Saturday, April 26, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Apr 26, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). The wooden coffin of Pope Francis arrived at the Basili... [...]