He praised the pope’s ‘belief that the Church is a home for everyone, a house with its doors constantly open’ and was greeted with cheers.
The pope’s goals as head of the Catholic Church are reflected in the fact that migrants and inmates finally escorted him into the St. Mary Major Basilica, where he will be buried.
The Pope broke with tradition in more ways than one, but this is the first time in almost a century that a pope has not been buried in the Vatican.
In contrast to the customary combination of three coffins composed of cypress wood, lead, and oak, his casket was a straightforward wooden coffin with a cross imprinted on it and coated with zinc.
