HIGHLIGHTS: Pope Francis’ funeral

Pope Francis has been laid to rest at the Santa Maria Maggiore basilica in Rome on April 26.

Earlier in the day, a funeral service was led by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re in St. Peter's Basilica.

The Santa Maria Maggiore basilica is a fifth-century church located in the center of Rome that already holds the tombs of seven popes.

Francis is the first pontiff in more than a century not to be entombed in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

He died on Monday aged 88 after suffering a stroke, coma and heart failure.

Francis' death comes a day after he had made his first prolonged public appearance since being discharged on March 23 from a 38-day hospital stay for pneumonia.

On Easter Sunday, Francis had entered St. Peter's Square in an open-air popemobile shortly after mid-day, greeting cheering crowds. He had also offered a special blessing for the first time since Christmas.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope on March 13, 2013, surprising many Church watchers who had seen the Argentine cleric, known for his concern for the poor, as an outsider.

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