The body of Pope Francis is lying in state in St. Peter’s Basilica, where it will remain for three days until his funeral ...

But St. Peter’s is no longer the largest church in ... The baldacchino, the swirly-columned arch over the basilica’s high altar, was designed by the famed Baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini ...

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

The body of Pope Francis was carried in a solemn procession Wednesday from his residence within the walls of the Vatican City ...

Hailing from 70 countries, the cardinals are being sequestered from the outside world, their cellphones surrendered and ...

VATICAN CITY — Thousands of people filed through the central aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their ... way slowly to the 16th-century basilica’s main altar, where Francis’ simple ...

Following the funeral, in another break with tradition, the coffin will be taken through the streets of Rome to an ...

Francis' body was taken from the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta, his residence at the Vatican, to St Peter's Basilica on the morning of Wednesday, April 23 Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer ...

Ordinary faithful filled St. Peter’s Square to watch the procession ... Instead, it will just be placed on the main altar of the 16th-century basilica, simply facing the pews.

Pope Francis was brought in solemn procession to St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday ... Holy Father’s body before the Altar of Confession in the soaring basilica at the center of Christendom.

People had arrived at St. Peter’s Square, in clear skies and hot spring sunshine, to watch the procession and to join the line to see the pope’s body in the basilica. By the end of the day, at ...