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People pay respects as ‘popemobile’ carries Francis’ coffin into Rome

Large crowds of people have lined the streets of Rome to watch Pope Francis’ coffin be carried from the Vatican to his final resting place at the church of Santa Maria Maggiore.

The Pope died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 and one of his final requests was that he be laid to rest in a simple tomb in the ground.

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