In the Church of St. Paul Outside the Walls, there are 264 lunettes which contain mosaic portraits of each Pope since St. Peter. These mosaics are based on the official portraits that have been painted of every Pope since Leo the Great (440-461), so they are considered to be accurate images of the Pontiffs.
This photo shows the last two Popes, the John Pauls. Our current Holy Father is in the left-center, and the next empty space is to his left. There are 8 empty spaces left inside the Basilica for future Pontiffs' images.
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