Pope Francis Laid To Rest, President Trump & Melania Attend Funeral

Pope Francis made it to his final resting place … and President Trump and Melania watched in person, attending the late pontiff’s funeral in Rome from the front row.

Francis — who publicly opposed Trump’s approach to several issues like immigration and climate change — was laid to rest Saturday morning in a mostly plain coffin at the Basilica of St. Mary Major … following a funeral mass at St. Peter’s Square.

He’s the first pope in more than a century to be buried outside of the Vatican … the last one was Leo XIII, who died way back in 1903.

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re — the dean of the College of Cardinals — presided over the mass … and he’s going to be instrumental in selecting the next pope.

Francis was given a grand sendoff by about 200,000 visitors who descended on Rome … including world leaders from over 100 countries.

Just minutes before the funeral began, Trump and Zelensky met in the heart of the Vatican — and Zelensky even described it as a “good” and “symbolic meeting,” thanking Trump for the opportunity to talk.

Before his death, Francis asked for his tomb to be “in the ground; simple, without particular decoration, and with the sole inscription: Franciscus.”

The funeral is the start of the Novemdiales … a 9-day mourning period with special masses daily.