His casket will now proceed in a 4-mile procession from the Vatican to the Basilica of St. Mary Major, in central Rome, where Francis will be entombed. Share. Crowd applauds as mass comes to an end.

Video, courtesy of Vatican Media, shows the pope's coffin at the Basilica“The tomb must be in the earth; simple, without particular decoration and with the only inscription: Franciscus,” the ...

Video, courtesy of Vatican Media, shows the pope's coffin at the Basilica“The tomb must be in the earth; simple, without particular decoration and with the only inscription: Franciscus,” the ...

Video, courtesy of Vatican Media, shows the pope's coffin at the Basilica“The tomb must be in the earth; simple, without particular decoration and with the only inscription: Franciscus,” the ...

About 250,000 people attended the funeral service for Pope Francis on Saturday morning in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, before the late leader of the Catholic Church was transported to the ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest in a simple tomb at St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, ... April 26, in St. Peter’s Square in front of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ coffin leaves the Vatican en route to his burial place in St. Mary Major Basilica. Camillo has shifted money away from Inspirica, a nonprofit that fights ...

People visit the Pauline Chapel, where the icon of Madonna and Child Jesus is displayed, inside the Vatican’s Basilica of St. Mary Major, in Rome Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023.

Euronews. Vatican prepares for Pope Francis' funeral at Rome's Basilica of St Mary Major. Posted: April 23, 2025 | Last updated: April 23, 2025. Pope Francis's body laid out in state inside his ...

Pope Francis's body laid out in state inside his private chapel at the Vatican. Euronews (English) Vatican prepares for Pope Francis' funeral at Rome's Basilica of St Mary Major.

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