VATICAN CITY — As the words "Habemus papum!" rang out from the famed loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, tens of thousands of ...

The Vatican said more than 90,000 people had bid farewell to the pontiff by Thursday evening at the basilica, which will stay open into the night as long as there are mourners.

Pope Francis made a short and unannounced visit Saturday to St. Peter's Basilica to pray before this evening's Easter vigil and greeted some of the faithful present.

The body of Pope Francis is lying in state in St. Peter’s Basilica, where it will remain for three days until his 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 Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher-than-expected ...

After about 20 minutes in line, we went through security and reformed as a group to enter St. Peter’s Basilica. The inside of St. Peter’s Basilica is breathtakingly beautiful. I stared almost ...

Pope Francis's body was moved to St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday to allow Catholic faithful to pay their final respects ...

2025 as the body of the late Pope Francis will lie in state inside St. Peter's Basilica for three days. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) Nuns sit in the Chiesa di Santo Spirito in Sassia ...