Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, will be mourned and buried at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major ...

Thousands filed by to see the pope's burial site as a light cast its warm glow over the tomb and a reproduction of Francis' pectoral cross on the wall above it.

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 after a 12-year papacy. The death of the pontiff has set off mourning across the Catholic world and days of ritual at the Vatican.