India, April 22 -- Pope Francis will be laid to rest outside the Vatican in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore (St. Mary Major) on Saturday. This will be the first papal burial outside the Vatican in more than a century as the only pope to be buried outside the Vatican in 1903 was -- Pope Leo XIII.

The list of world leaders and celebrities to attend Pope Francis' funeral is expected to expand, with Vatican offering more details about his rites and rituals. Born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina's Buenos Aires on December 17, 1936, Francis was thefirst Latin American pope.

World leaders, celebrities, and nearly 2 billion Catholics worldwide have expressed their support after the death of Pope Francis, who addressed thousands of dev...