The Vatican has ended the three-day public viewing of Pope Francis in Rome, with an estimated 250,000 people visiting St.

After the pope is blessed with holy water, his face is covered in white silk. A small bag of coins minted during his reign is also placed in the coffin — John Paul II was buried alongside 26 ...

The cardinal chamberlain, “camerlengo” in Italian, other Vatican officials and members of the pope’s family will congregate in the chapel for a ceremony. The body is placed in a coffin made ...

The funeral of Pope Francis will be simpler than those of previous popes, following instructions he set out himself.But as a ...

Pope Francis' coffin is making its final trip through the streets of Rome after a requiem Mass for the beloved pontiff who died on Monday.

The pope’s unadorned tomb, marked by a single Latin word — Franciscus — was intended, a cleric said, to reflect a life of ...

and was not displayed on an elevated bier – the so-called “Canaletto” or “death bed” – as happened with both John Paul II and Benedict XVI. At 8pm local time, Pope Francis’s coffin ...

where the remains of Pope John Paul II lie. They will walk in a funeral procession accompanying the Pope’s coffin, which has spent the last four days in the centre of St Peter’s Basilica.

But the coffin has changed ... who once carried the pope on a throne at public appearances. That ended under Pope John Paul II. Supported by In One Image By Tomás Munita and Peter Robins Francis ...