After a week of global mourning for Pope Francis, who died on Monday at age 88, the pope's funeral will be celebrated on Saturday . Francis' funeral will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. local time at St.

In a break from tradition, Pope Francis chose to be buried outside the Vatican at the Basilica of St. Mary Major (Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, where he often went to pray during his papacy. Seven earlier popes are buried there, but he is the first in centuries.

The public funeral Mass is being held in front of St. Peter's Basilica, with Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re presiding. The funeral will be less formal than other papal funerals, with Francis having made changes last year around the process, including the use of a modest wooden coffin.