Funeral Takes Place Of Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - APRIL 26: (L-R) Cape Verde's President José Maria Neves, Cape Verde's First Lady Débora Katisa Carvalho, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's First Lady Rosangela Lula da Silva, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serb member Zeljka Cvijanovic, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, King Philippe of Belgium, Austria's First Lady Doris Schmidauer, Austria's President Alexander Van der Bellen and Armenia's President Vahagn Khachaturyan attend the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on April 26, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Francis died on April 21st at the age of 88. Born in Argentina as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, he was the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to become Pope when elected in 2013. Taking the name Francis after St Francis of Assisi, he promoted a more humble version of the papacy than many of his predecessors. He will be buried outside of the Vatican in a simple wooden coffin at the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)