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Paul Elie Reporting from Vatican City I watched the funeral for Pope Francis from atop the braccio, or “arm,” extending up and outward to the left of St. Peter’s Basilica.

" Throughout his papacy, Pope Francis visited St. Mary Major basilica — with its colonnades of cipollino marble and intricate statues — 126 times.

" Throughout his papacy, Pope Francis visited St. Mary Major basilica — with its colonnades of cipollino marble and intricate statues — 126 times.

Francis will be the first pope in more than 350 years to be buried at the Basilica of St. Mary Major. (The last one was Clement IX.) For 16 centuries, this basilica has stood sentinel.