In light of Pope Francis ... a coffin at St Peter’s Basilica in The Vatican, on April 24, 2025. AFP via Getty Images Authorities would’ve likely needed to preserve the body quickly to ...

ROME — The body of Pope Francis was moved this morning to lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica. A choir sang and cardinals chanted in Latin as the body was carried in a red velvet-lined open casket.

ASSISI, Italy — Pilgrims ... where more than 800 years ago St. Francis renounced his family’s wealth. There, they prayed by the monument where Acutis’ body is on view, wearing jeans, a ...

Catholic cardinals performed the ritual ceremony on Wednesday to transfer Pope Francis’ body from his home in the Vatican hotel to St. Peter’s Basilica to offer three days of public viewing ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Three days of public viewing of Pope Francis' body by ordinary mourners and ... that around 250,000 mourners filed through St. Peter’s Basilica over the three days to ...

the late pontiff chose the name Francis in honour of St. Francis of Assisi, a 13th-century saint known for his poverty, humility, and peace advocacy. This choice was unique, as no other pontiff ...

The first to take the name of Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi. — The first to visit Iraq, meeting its top Shiite Muslim cleric in 2021. As Buenos Aires archbishop, Francis denied himself ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The bells of St. Peter’s tolled Wednesday as the body of Pope Francis was transferred from the Vatican hotel where he lived to the basilica, escorted by a procession of ...