On April 26, the Vatican bid farewell to Pope Francis, who was buried at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. According to a broadcast of the farewell ceremony and the Holy See Press Office, the pope's funeral was attended by approximately 400,

The funeral of the pope is underway in Vatican City, where throngs of mourners have gathered to give a final send-off to Francis, who will be remembered as a champion of migrants and the poor, and for his efforts to reshape the Roman Catholic Church.

Hundreds of thousands of mourners and world leaders including US President Donald Trump packed St Peter’s Square on Saturday for the funeral of Pope Francis, “pope among the people” and the Catholic Church’s first Latin American leader.