The popemobile carrying the Pope's coffin has arrived at the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.
Pallbearers were lifting the coffin from the vehicle to be taken inside.
The procession left Vatican City and followed a 6km (3.75 miles) route over the Tiber River.
Pope Francis' coffin travelled along the back of on adapted 'popemobile'.
The public have only been allowed to follow the journey from behind barriers on the streets, rather than directly behind the procession.
The popemobile travelled through central Rome to Piazza Venezia, passing the Colosseum.Francis' body will be buried in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.
He is the first pope since Leo XIII, who died in 1903, to be buried outside the Vatican.
Every time Francis returned to Rome after a trip abroad, he always visited Santa Maria Maggiore.
It's a fitting choice - Francis was especially devoted to the Virgin Mary, and Santa Maria Maggiore was the first church dedicated to her when it was built in the 4th Century.
Back at the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, there was a sense of spiritual reflection and quiet anticipation.
People were watching the funeral on large screens while they waited for the late Pope’s arrival at his final resting place.
Crowds were growing on both sides of the basilica. Security on the surrounding streets was tightened dramatically over the past couple of hours.
Above it all, a large banner was draped from an apartment block, reading simply: “Grazie Francesco” – ‘Thank you, Francis’ in Italian.
The crowd reflected some of his legacy. It’s notably young, with Christian youth groups from around Italy which are here as part of a teenage celebration of the Catholic Church’s Jubilee year.
Diversity in the square was noticeable too. A man in a keffiyeh stood near a Palestinian flag.
People in colourful West African dress mingled with others wrapped in Argentinian flags, paying tribute to the first Latin American pope and the first from the southern hemisphere.
The Argentine Embassy stands just opposite the square – a reminder of where Francis’ journey began, beside where it will soon finish.
