One of the migrants who met Pope Francis’ coffin at his place of burial said that Francis understood the difficulties faced by people who left their native countries. Annamaria Martinez of ...

This week, tens of thousands of mourners filed past Francis' coffin to pay their respects during a public viewing period. Senior church officials sealed his coffin Friday night. At 10 a.m. local ...

Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, the archbishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, witnessed the sealing of the coffin of Pope Francis on Friday as the senior cardinal priest of the 204 cardinal ...

The Vatican said a group of “poor and needy” people will be present on the steps leading to the basilica to pay their last respects before the interment of the coffin, in a nod to Francis’s ...

The former archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the first Latin American Pope has been lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica. He is dressed in red liturgical ...

Pope Francis’ coffin will be sealed in a liturgical rite this evening ahead of his solemn funeral, set to take place the next morning on Saturday, April 26. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the ...

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

Pallbearers carried the simple wooden coffin on their shoulders into St Peter's Square and then into the basilica. The coffin was flanked by members of the Swiss Guard, the Vatican's armed forces ...

Above all, unique. Well, let's start at the beginning. Image: People queuing to see the open coffin of Pope Francis use their phones to take pictures. Pic: AP We, along with other members of the ...

The coffin of the late pontiff, who died on Easter Monday aged 88, was moved from his residence at Casa Santa Marta to the basilica on Wednesday morning. The procession, accompanied by cardinals ...

The Vatican on Tuesday released photos of Pope Francis in an open coffin in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta, dressed in a red robe with the papal mitre on his head and a rosary in his hand.