Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major

Faithful queue to see the tomb of Pope Francis on the first day of its opening to the public in Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, on April 27, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Funeral rites for

Hundreds of people filed past the tomb of Pope Francis from early on Sunday morning in the Roman basilica where he chose to be buried in a break from tradition. No pope had been laid to rest outside the Vatican in more than a century,