Pope Francis was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until his death on 21 April 2025. He was the first Jesuit pope, the first Latin American, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first born or raised outside of Europe since the 8th-century Syrian pope Gregory III.
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Thousands of visitors gather at Pope Francis' final resting place in Rome basilica
People lined up from the early hours..
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Up to 300,000 people bid farewell to Pope Francis' coffin through historic Rome
Up to 300,000 mourners took to the..
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