The rite of the closing of the coffin took place at 8 p.m. local time Friday at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, officials said. During the rite, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, interim manager of the ...

The coffin carrying the pope, who died Monday morning after suffering a stroke and heart failure at the age of 88, was brought in a procession on Wednesday morning to the basilica from his ...

The coffin containing the body of Pope Francis is transferred from Casa Santa Marta to St. Peter's basilica. Upon arrival at St. Peter, the Church's Camerlengo, Cardinal Joseph Farrell will ...

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 Vatican has released the first images of Pope Francis, showing him in his casket with the Vatican secretary of state praying over him. Francis will be laid to rest Saturday after lying in ...

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The Vatican has released several photographs of Pope Francis lying in an open coffin in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta, his former residence. We've taken a look at who was in the chapel and ...

It is then placed in a zinc-lined wood coffin in the chapel. Francis lived at Casa Santa Marta because he thought the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican, the traditional papal residence, was too big ...

The Vatican on Tuesday released photographs of Francis dressed in his vestments and laid in a wooden coffin in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence, where he lived during his 12-year papacy.

Now, the pope’s body is placed in a wooden coffin, with a zinc coffin inside. The pope is dressed in red liturgical vestments, his miter — the traditional headdress of bishops — and the ...

Now, the pope's body is placed in a wooden coffin, with a zinc coffin inside. The pope is dressed in red liturgical vestments, his miter - the traditional headdress of bishops - and the pallium ...