The Pope's final resting place: Chipboard barrier hides niche where Francis will be buried, four miles from the Vatican, in accordance with his wishes

The Argentine pontiff, who died on Easter Monday, aged 88, has broken with tradition and asked that his final resting place be away from St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

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