Following his funeral yesterday in Rome, which reportedly drew 250,000 people, Pope Francis has finally been laid to rest.
The late 88-year-old was buried in a private ceremony at the Basilica of St. Mary Major, six kilometers from St. Peter’s Square, following the public funeral.
Pope Francis specifically asked to be buried at St. Mary Major, despite the fact that popes are typically buried in Vatican City, beneath St. Peter’s Basilica.
Roman Catholic devotees have started going to his grave since his burial. A day after he was said farewell by hundreds of thousands of people, they filed past the plain white monument in St. Mary Major Basilica.
