VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people filed through the central aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects ...

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From 11am on Wednesday 23 April, hundreds of thousands of faithful Catholics will be able to bid farewell to Pope Francis in ...

Throughout the day people filed past the coffin, some blessing themselves with the sign of the cross or pausing briefly in ...

Follow our live feed as the faithful pay their respects to the late pontiff of the Catholic Church at the heart of Vatican ...

The late Pope Francis lies in state this evening in St Peter’s Basilica just across from here. He was carried in a plain wooden casket in a procession of red robed cardinals, bishops, priests and ...

The Vatican is stepping up its security as thousands of people are descending on Rome ahead of Pope Francis' funeral on ...

Pope Francis, controversial head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and LGBTQ ally, died early on Easter Monday from a cerebral hemorrhage.