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Pope Francis has been buried after a
in Rome. More than 250,000 people attended his
and procession. High-ranking church
, royalty, heads of
, and foreign dignitaries paid their
in the 16th-century St Peter's Basilica. The Vatican News website called the
"moving, intense, and heartfelt". Pope Francis died last Monday, aged 88. He was
of the Catholic Church for 12 years. He was the
Pope from South America. A Church official said the outpouring of
"tells us how much Pope Francis touched minds and
".