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In Rome today...
Sends a thousands line the streets to bid farewell to Pope Francis as his casket was driven to its final resting place.
NPR's Jason DeRose was there.
After the funeral at St. Peter's Square,
Pope Francis' body was driven across town over the Tiber to St. Mary Major Basilica,
where he is being buried.
He was met there by a group of, in fact, the people that he spent his time in ministry to,
the poor, refugees, transgender people, people who are the victims of violence.
I think it was a fitting end for his body to be seen to the grave by the people who he welcomed into communion with the church.
The Pope's funeral in St. Peter's Square included dozens of foreign leaders,