Pope Francis funeral updates: Leaders, mourners bid farewell to pontiff

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• The funeral of Pope Francis, who died on Monday aged 88, has taken place at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican.
• After a journey through Rome, the coffin of the late pope has been brought to the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, or Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, for burial.
• Hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful have packed both St Peter’s Square and the streets of the Italian capital to bid farewell to Pope Francis.
• Dozens of heads of state and world leaders have also attended the service, during which Francis was eulogised as a pontiff who knew how to communicate with the “least among us” and who urged people to build bridges and not walls.