The pope, 88, arrived at the basilica to pray and greet visitors. Pope Francis made a short and unannounced visit Saturday to St. Peter's Basilica to pray before this evening's Easter vigil and ...

VATICAN CITY — So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to ...

Pope Francis’s body arrived at Saint Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday to lie in state before his weekend funeral, to allow Catholic faithful to pay their final respects ahead of a funeral ...

Tens of thousands of mourners have paid their final respects to Pope Francis at Saint Peter’s Basilica, on the first of three days of public viewing ahead of his funeral. Throngs of the faithful ...