The funeral Mass for Pope Francis took place on April 26, 2025, starting at 10:00 AM local time in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City. The service lasted a little over two hours
. This duration was somewhat longer than the approximately 1.5-hour funeral of Pope Benedict XVI but shorter than the roughly three-hour funeral of Pope John Paul II
. The Mass was led by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, and was attended by about 250,000 people in St. Peter's Square, with an additional 140,000 lining the funeral procession route in Rome
. Following the Mass, Pope Francis was transported for burial at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome
. The funeral also marked the beginning of a nine-day mourning period called the novendiales , during which cardinals celebrated Masses in his memory
