Pope Francis, who passed away on Easter Monday, has made history once again. Departing from centuries of tradition, he decided to not be buried beneath St. Peter’s Basilica within Vatican City, but instead at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.

Pope Francis's funeral begins at 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. Eastern, 1 a.m. Pacific) at the Vatican, outside St. Peter's Basilica. The ceremony is presided over by the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re.

The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled to mark the end of the funeral Mass in Vatican City, where mourners joined in a final send-off for a pontiff celebrated as a champion of the poor.