Pictures of Pope Francis's tomb released as it opens to the public in Rome basilica - Followers of the Catholic church are queuing up to visit the Pope's final resting place

World leaders, cardinals and at least 250,000 of the faithful gathered in the Vatican on Saturday morning to bid farewell to Pope Francis.

Cardinals will meet next month to pick Francis' successor, deciding if the new pope should continue with the late pontiff's push for a more open Church or cede to conservatives who want to return to a more traditional papacy.