The body of Pope Francis has been transferred into the Basilica at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Vatican on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. The late pontiff will lie in state in a simple wooden ...

Vatican City — So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter's Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher ...

He was the main architect of the Vatican's rapprochement with China and Vietnam. Pope Francis lies in state The Vatican is providing the faithful with three days to pay their respects. St.

Pope Leo XIV is marking a feast day as the Vatican launches a new campaign to boost donations from the faithful. Leo ...

Pope Francis is breaking with tradition when it comes to where he will be laid to rest – choosing a light-filled basilica with an intriguing history instead of the grottoes of the Vatican.

VATICAN CITY — Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis on Wednesday at the start of three days of public viewing ahead of his ...

Vatican City authorities have said that ahead of the closing hour, they will shut off the square and allow the remaining crowds to filter through the basilica past the pope.

The body of Pope Francis was carried in a solemn procession Wednesday from his residence within the walls of the Vatican City to St. Peter's Basilica.

She was able to enter Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City as part of a tour, and captured video of singing inside as the Basilica as people mourn and remember Pope Francis.

Vatican City authorities have said that ahead of the closing hour, they will shut off the square and allow the remaining crowds to filter through the basilica past the pope.

She was able to enter Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City as part of a tour, and captured video of singing inside as the Basilica as people mourn and remember Pope Francis.