Vast crowds are expected to gather ahead of Saturday’s funeral in St Peter’s Square, which will see the highest-ranking ...

Pope Francis’s coffin has arrived at St Peter’s Basilica, where it will lie in state for public viewings for the next three ...

At 7pm local time (6pm BST) public access to the queue to visit Francis’s coffin officially closed after it was visited by ...

A St. Peter’s Basilica burial is papal tradition, but it’s expected that Pope Francis will be laid to rest elsewhere, in ...

POPE Francis’ coffin has been moved to St Peter’s Basilica for the faithful to mourn the death of the humble Pontiff. Tens of ...

Crowds are expected to pack St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Saturday for the pope's funeral, while millions more watch live around the world.

Pope Francis will be buried in a simple underground tomb at St. Mary Major Basilica, rather than St. Peter’s Cathedral or its crypt alongside previous popes. St. Mary Major Basilica is home to his ...

Crowds of mourners gathered at St Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday morning ... Francis requested to be buried in a simple underground tomb at St Mary Major Basilica following the funeral.

THE Vatican has released pictures showing Pope Francis in an open coffin during the rite of confirmation of the pontiff’s ...

Pope Francis’ death has initiated carefully choreographed proceedings that will culminate in the election of a new pontiff.

Pope Francis is lying in state in St Peter's Basilica, where tens of thousands of mourners will file past his open casket ...