Follow our live feed as the faithful pay their respects to the late pontiff of the Catholic Church at the heart of Vatican City. The body of Pope Francis has been moved to St Peter's Basilica so ...

In the splendor of St. Peter’s Basilica, with the sunshine glinting across the bronze canopy that towers over the main altar, thousands of Catholic pilgrims streamed in to glimpse the body of ...

There will be three days of public viewing at St. Peter's Basilica to allow the public to grieve the 88-year-old pope, who died Monday after suffering a stroke. The basilica will be kept open ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals on Wednesday performed the ritual ceremony to transfer Pope Francis’ body from his home in the Vatican hotel to St. Peter’s Basilica for three days of public ...

Vatican City (CNN) — In the splendour of St. Peter’s Basilica, with the sunshine glinting across the bronze canopy that towers over the main altar, thousands of Catholic pilgrims streamed in ...

Escorted by solemn cardinals and Swiss Guards, the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for three days, pass through the crowd at the Vatican, Wednesday ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has opened St. Peter's Basilica to the general public to pay their final respects to Pope Francis.

In 2019, another Kerala-born Catholic nun, Mariam Thresia, was declared a saint by Pope Francis at a function held at St Peter's Basilica in Rome. She was the third nun and fourth clergy member ...

He then seals the pope's private apartment and prepares the funeral. - The camerlengo and three assistants decide when the pope's coffin will be taken into St Peter's Basilica for public viewing. They ...

The camerlengo and three assistants chosen from among cardinals under 80 years of age, known as cardinal electors, decide when the pope's body is to be taken into St. Peter's Basilica for the public ...