The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the the conclave to elect the next ...

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful of the world ...

Crowds of mourners waited in line on Sunday for a chance to visit Pope Francis’ final resting place in the Santa Maria ...

Proceedings began at 10am local time (9am BST) with the service taking place at St Peter's Basilica in front of 200,000 ...

On Friday, an emergency alert was sent out to phones in Rome and the Vatican to inform visitors that access to the church ...

Peruvian nun Alba Socola waited in line for almost five hours with thousands of other Catholics on Wednesday to enter St.

After the casket bearing Pope Francis' body was placed in St. Peter's Basilica, tens of thousands of mourners lined up to pay ...

For now, the lying in state will remain open today and tomorrow until 00:00, and on Friday until 19:00, before the funeral, ...

So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the ...

St Peter’s Basilica, which is set to welcome members of the public from 11am, will allow mourners to pay their respects for ...

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