A People’s Pope Laid to Rest: 250,000 Mourners Honor Francis’s Humble Legacy

Experience the moving moments from Pope Francis’s April 26, 2025 funeral in St. Peter’s Square—including the simple white coffin, multilingual hymns, youth pilgrims taking selfies, and world leaders like Trump, Biden, and Zelenskiy paying tribute . Discover how Francis’s own reforms shaped this service into a celebration of humility and solidarity, and why 250,000 mourners and representatives of the marginalized laid white roses at Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica . We break down the symbolism behind the open-topped popemobile hearse, Cardinal Re’s stirring homily, and what comes next as the Church prepares for the May conclave . #PopeFrancis #VaticanFuneral #ChurchNews #HolySee #FrancisLegacy