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The choice of the basilica was also symbolically significant given its ties to Francis’ Jesuit religious order. St. Ignatius ...

As the Vatican prepares to end viewings at St Peter's Basilica at 19:00 local time (18:00 BST), the BBC has spoken to the ...

Remember your servant Pope Francis whom you have called from this world to yourself. Grant that he who was united with your ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — More than 250,000 people paid their last respects to Pope Francis over three days of public viewing by ...

Over three days this week, more than 250,000 people stood for hours in line to pay their final respects while Francis’ body ...

Francis choreographed the funeral himself when he revised and simplified the Vatican’s rites and rituals last year.

President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump pay their respects to Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica.

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