Crowds applauded and yelled “Papa Francesco!” as a slow-moving motorcade escorting the Pope’s coffin to his final resting place left the Vatican to make its way across 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.

The coffin of Pope Francis is carried through St. Peter's Basilica, lined by cardinals, for private prayers before the funeral mass begins. Thousands of mourners and world leaders have gathered in Vatican City for the pope's funeral.