Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The casket of Pope Francis is sealed at St. Peter's Basilica, ahead of his funeral at the Vatican, on April 25, 2025. - Simone ...

More than 250,000 people paid their last respects to Pope Francis over three days of public viewing by ordinary mourners and statesmen alike that ended Friday, the eve of his state funeral in St.

Pope Francis’ wooden coffin was sealed on Friday night, in a private rite that officially ends three days of his body lying in state at the Vatican. About 250,000 people filed through St. Peter’s ...