Long lines at Santa Maria Maggiore to visit the tomb of Pope Francis

Pope Francis is now at rest in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. After a massive funeral in which more than 200,000 people crowded into St. Peter's Square and its surroundings and tens of thousands more in the streets of Rome to see his funeral procession pass by, the Pontiff has already been buried in this temple of Rome, as he wished. Now, thousands of faithful are lining up at its doors, open to the public since 7 a.m., to visit the tomb of Francis