Pope Francis’ wooden coffin was sealed on Friday night, in a private rite that officially ends three days of his body lying in state at the Vatican.. About 250,000 people filed through St. Peter ...

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.

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.

The basilica closed for just a short time Thursday morning, and will stay open Thursday night as long as there are mourners, the Vatican said. The hours spent on line up the stately via della ...

Thousands of people have begun filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis at the start of three days of public viewing ahead of his funeral.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A procession to move the body of Pope Francis to St. Peter’s Basilica for three days of public viewing ended Wednesday morning, where ... Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will ...

Anchoring it is the Basilica di San Zeno Maggiore, an excellent example of Romanesque architecture named for the city’s patron saint. This is where the antiques market takes place on the first ...

Anchoring it is the Basilica di San Zeno Maggiore, an excellent example of Romanesque architecture named for the city’s patron saint. This is where the antiques market takes place on the first ...

He always thought of the poor, always,” said Susana Perez, 67, at the Basílica de San José de Flores, a church just blocks away from Francis’s childhood home in Buenos Aires, the capital.

Pope Francis blessed thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday with a surprise popemobile romp through the piazza, as he continues to recover from a near-fatal bout of double ...