Pope Francis laid to rest after 250,000 attend funeral service

We’ve wrapped up our live coverage of Pope Francis’ funeral. You can read more about today’s service here, or scroll through the posts below to relive the day as it happened.

Pope Francis' coffin is carried into St. Peter's Square on Saturday.

With Pope Francis’ funeral services having drawn to a close, there is no concrete timeline for the choosing of a new pope, known as conclave, and plenty of mystery surrounds who will serve as Francis’ successor.

This conclave is going to be crucial for deciding the direction of the Roman Catholic Church, and the field of candidates is wide open thanks to Francis’ reforms, which made the body in charge of the election more representative of the worldwide church.

Conclave is not expected to begin earlier than 15 days, nor later than 20 days, after the pope’s death, likely placing it some time in early May.

The process is a combination of ancient tradition, religious ritual and politics. The voting takes place behind closed doors, and only cardinals under the age of 80 — slightly over half the total number — have a say in the decision.

Once the 135 members of the College of Cardinals are assembled in Rome, they meet in the Sistine Chapel to begin the decision-making process.

Conclaves go on for as long as it takes for one of the cardinals to receive two-thirds of the vote. Over the centuries, it has taken hours, days, weeks and even years for a new pope to be chosen.

Check out CNN’s guide to potential candidates here.

The graphic below lays out the steps we’ve seen so far — and what comes next:

In India, nuns dressed in white and blue lined the pews of an arched cathedral. In Britain, worshipers attended multiple masses at London’s Westminster Cathedral. And in the Philippines, children offered white flowers.

Members of the faithful around the world honored the late Pope Francis on his funeral Saturday. The 88-year-old pontiff — who was the first Latin American cardinal to hold the position — left an indelible mark on the 1.4 billion followers of the Catholic Church.

“He didn’t come for the good ones, he came for the ones who are lost,” she added. “I wish I could be like him.”

Catholic nuns pay tribute at a portrait of the late Pope Francis after a service at the Cathedral of The Most Holy Rosary, in Kolkata, India, on Saturday.

An aerial image shows Catholic believers holding candles during Pope Francis's requiem mass at the Esplanade of Tasitolu in Dili, East Timor, on Saturday.

Customers watch the funeral of Pope Francis at Bar Italia in London, England, on Saturday.

Two people light candles during a vigil for Pope Francis in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Saturday.

Parishioners attend a mass in honour of the late Pope Francis at the Catholic Church in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Saturday.

A Catholic family watches a live telecast of the funeral for the late Pope Francis taking place at St Peter's Square in the Vatican, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Saturday.

Filipino Catholics prepare to offer flowers during a live broadcast of the funeral of Pope Francis, at the Sacred Heart Parish-Shrine in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on Saturday.

Members of the clergy gather after a requiem Mass in honor of the late Pope Francis at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Pretoria, South Africa, on Saturday.