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The Pope has been moved from his chapel resting place this morning to a public viewing platform in St Peter's Basilica, where ...

As expected, the crowd in front of St. Peter's Basilica to personally bid farewell to Pope Francis is enormous. A first ...

U.S. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, “camerlengo” or chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, stands before the body of Pope Francis in ...

The body of Pope Francis is lying in state in St. Peter’s Basilica, where it will remain for three days until his funeral ...

Bells rang out as the Pope's coffin was carried across St Peter's Square to lie in state ahead of the funeral on Saturday.