His casket was then taken in a final journey to St. Mary Major, where the pope was met, according to his wishes, by dozens of Rome’s impoverished and needy, including prisoners,

The Pope, famous—perhaps foremost—for his insistence on simplicity and aversion to clerical glitz, wanted to be buried not at the Vatican but at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major, where before and after each of his international trips he went to pray.

One hundred or so faithful came to Holy Angels Cathedral Saturday morning for a special Mass honoring Pope Francis, who died April 21 after a long illness, and were invited to make acts of