St Peter’s Basilica was kept open almost all night on Wednesday, April 23, to accommodate huge crowds of mourners The church closed for just one hour Visitors can continue to pay their ...

An official letter from the Vatican Dicastery places a hold on the order to merge SS. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church and St. James Catholic Church, which was issued by an official decree of the ...

A woman sits in St. Peter's Square as people wait to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23 ...

There will be three days of public viewing at St. Peter's Basilica to allow the public to grieve the 88-year-old pope, who died Monday after suffering a stroke. The basilica will be kept open ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican opened St. Peter’s Basilica to the general public Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, with thousands of people filling the central aisle and ...

Thousands of people filed through the central aisle of St. Peter's Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis on Wednesday, the start of three days of public viewing ahead of the pontiff ...

The body of Pope Francis will be moved Wednesday morning to St. Peter's Basilica for three days of public mourning for an Argentine pontiff remembered for his humble style, concern for the poor ...

Mourners have gathered in the Vatican City as Pope Francis is expected to be moved to St Peter's Basilica. Trump’s tariffs driving thousands of layoffs at US manufacturing plants Sydney rocked ...

An estimated 20,000 mourners burst into sustained but subdued applause earlier Wednesday as the casket was held aloft on a wooden platform and carried from Francis' residence across St. Peter's ...

On Wednesday, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni paid her respects to Pope Francis as he lay in state at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. 90-day clock expires on President Trump’s order ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was thankful that he was able to greet throngs of people in St. Peter’s Square on Easter, a day before he died, though he initially had some doubts given his ...

Catholics celebrated Easter Vigil in the Holy Night at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday, marking what Pope Francis in his homily said was the moment when “the divine light of ...