Prisoners and migrants ushered him into the basilica.Francis is departing from recent tradition by choosing to be buried in the St. Mary Major Basilica, where a modest underground tomb bearing only his name,

Clergy follow the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) Pallbearers carry the coffin of Pope Francis during his funeral in St.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — From some of the world’s most powerful leaders to those on society’s margins whom Pope Francis always made a point to minister to, hundreds of thousands of people were expected at the Vatican Saturday for the funeral rites for the late pontiff.