Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis on Wednesday at ...

The basilica is bathed in a hushed silence as mourners from across the globe make a slow, shuffling procession up the main ...

The body of Pope Francis was transferred to St. Peter's Basilica to lie in state for three days so the Catholic faithful and others can pay their respects.

in a private viewing for Vatican residents and the papal household. Images released by the Vatican on Tuesday showed the pope in an open casket, his hands folded over a rosary. Wednesday opened ...

Peter’s Square. The pageantry contrasted with the human interactions of rank-and-file mourners at the public viewing. Francis lay in state in an open casket, perched on a ramp facing mourners ...

Peter’s Basilica on April 24 to pay their last respects to Pope Francis, finding community as they spent hours waiting to reach the open casket of the Argentine pontiff remembered for creating a ...

Peter’s Square. The pageantry contrasted with the human interactions of rank-and-file mourners at the public viewing. Francis lay in state in an open casket, perched on a ramp facing mourners ...

Pope Francis’ body lies in state at St. Peter’s Basilica before his funeral as mourners gather to pay respects to the late pope ...

Peter’s Basilica early Wednesday, where pallbearers laid the late pope’s casket before the altar for three days of public viewing. A large crowd of faithful watched the procession in silence ...