The Vatican has opened up Pope Francis’s tomb in Rome Basilica to the public, with over 13,000 people visiting the site to pay their last respects.
The Pope was finally laid to rest on 26th April 2025, in a solemn ceremony at Rome’s Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, in a ceremony attended by hundreds of thousands.
He became the first Pope to be buried outside the Vatican in over a century and also the first to be buried in St. Mary Major in more than 300 years.
The tomb was opened on Sunday, April 27th, 2025, with all the cardinals in Rome visiting that same afternoon to pay their respects. Images from the site were also released to the public on the Vatican’s official Instagram.
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