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Politicians and Pilgrims Alike Gather for Pope Francis’s Funeral

The Pontiff’s final resting place will be the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major, a few miles away from St. Peter’s Basilica.

A general view during the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City, Vatican on April 26, 2025. Antonio Masiello/Getty Images

By T.J. Muscaro
4/26/2025 Updated: 4/26/2025


The sun rose high over a packed St. Peter’s Square on the morning of April 26 as more than a quarter of a million people gathered together from all walks of life, from the humble faithful to world leaders, for the funeral of Pope Francis.

He was a pope among the people, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, said in his homily in Italian. He was attentive to the signs of the times and to the anxieties, sufferings, and hopes of this time of globalization.

The funeral began at 10 a.m. local time, 4 a.m. ET, just outside St. Peter’s Basilica. Cardinal Re was accompanied by various cardinals, patriarchs, and bishops.

An altar was placed just outside the doors of the iconic basilica, with seating areas for Cardinals and dignitaries placed on both sides. At the base of the parvis, a grid of white squares of seated clergy extended in the square to the looker’s left side. Nearly every other space in the square and the Via Della Conciliazione was filled with the faithful.

People gather along Via della Conciliazione street ahead of late Pope Francis' funeral ceremony, near the Vatican in Rome on April 26, 2025. Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images


As pilgrims and politicians alike settled into their places, religious sisters led the entire congregation in recitations of the rosary, while the pontiff’s coffin remained in its place inside, tended to by the Swiss Guard, allowing dignitaries a final chance to give an intimate farewell.

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