As part of Francis’ push to simplify the papal funeral rites, his body is in a single wooden coffin lined with zinc, rather than having three nested coffins of cypress, lead and oak as was tradition.

The coffin of Pope Francis was sealed in St. Peter's Basilica on Friday evening, ahead of the funeral on Saturday. A changing ...

In a solemn and majestic funeral that ended moments ago, the Roman Catholic Church laid to rest Pope Francis, the first South ...

More than 100,000 mourners filed into St. Peter's Basilica on Friday to pay their respects to Pope Francis, viewing his open ...

It meant a lot to me to see him, he gave us so much,” said one woman who waited in line to file past the pontiff’s casket.

Pope Francis' funeral will take place on Saturday, April 26, the Vatican confirmed. On Wednesday, the first photos of the 88-year-old's body in an open casket were made public. He could be seen ...

Pope Francis' funeral to take place Saturday, 26 April at 1:30 pm (IST), Vatican confirms. The Vatican has also released images of open casket of Pope Francis, who passed away from cerebral ...

Pope Francis's body is laid out in state inside his private chapel at the Vatican, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP) Pope Francis's body is laid out in state inside his private chapel at the Vatican ...

The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis’s funeral will be held on Saturday (April 26) and released images of the pontiff lying in a simple wooden open casket in the chapel of the Santa Marta ...

(Vatican Media via AP, HO) TOPICS: VATICAN CITY (7News) — The Catholic Church will bid farewell to Pope Francis this weekend as he is laid to rest in St. Peter's Square in a funeral led by the ...

On Tuesday, the Vatican shared the first images of Pope Francis lying in repose, offering a solemn glimpse of the late pontiff in an open coffin ... Pope Francis' casket will soon be moved ...

The funeral for Pope Francis, who died Monday at 88, will take place Saturday. The memorial procession for the the first ever Latin American pontiff will begin in Vatican City at 10 a.m. local ...