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 ...

In 1984, Pope John Paul II met in Rome with 300,000 young people from all over the world in a meeting that laid the foundations for today’s World Youth Day. (photo: Gregorini Demetrio ...

Pope John Paul II waves to the cheering crowd on June 10, 1987, prior to a Mass in Krakow during his visit to Poland. (photo: ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP via Getty Images) ...

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 ...