After the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, April 21st, 2025, his body was moved to St. Peter’s Basilica. Today was the last opportunity for mourners to pay their respects, as the coffin ...

Vatican City — Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter's Basilica to pay their final ... with clouds of incense preceding him as the church choir began chanting the Litany of Saints ...

through St. Peter's Square and into the adjacent basilica. Fronted by the Swiss Guard, cardinals and other church leaders led the slow procession into the sunlit esplanade as a male choir chanted ...

The body of Pope Francis, laid out in an open coffin, was carried in a solemn procession Wednesday from his residence within the walls of the Vatican City to St. Peter's Basilica. Red-hatted ...

The four major basilicas are all in Rome, including St. Peter's Basilica ... A Catholic church must meet four conditions to be declared a basilica, including having a large enough sanctuary ...

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 ...

Cardinals entered St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday for a final Mass ... private process to select a new leader of the Catholic Church. The dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista ...

Watch Pope Leo XIV address crowds from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in his first appearance as the new Catholic leader.

Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass at St. Peter’s Square is an ancient ritual filled with symbolism that connects back to Peter, ...

Most people think the Pope's church is St. Peter's Basilica. But as the Bishop of Rome, his actual seat is in a church on the other side of Rome called St. John Lateran. We associate popes with St ...