Vatican authorities kept St. Peter's Basilica open all night as an estimated 50,000 people lined around St. Peter's Square ...

Vatican opened St. Peter’s Basilica to the general public Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, with ...

The body of Pope Francis was transferred to St. Peter's Basilica to lie in state for three days so the Catholic faithful and ...

The body of Pope Francis is now lying in state in St. Peter's Basilica. The pontiff’s mortal remains, lying in an open wooden ...

The rite began in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta and ended with the Holy Father’s body before the Altar of Confession in ...

Mourners from across the globe made a slow, shuffling procession up the main aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their last ...

Tens of thousands of mourners filtered into St. Peter's Basilica in Rome on Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope ...

St. Peter's Basilica reopened its doors on Thursday, after a brief pause in the early hours of the day, to welcome thousands ...

Thousands of people wait to enter St. Peter's Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis who is lying in state before his funeral in The Vatican, April 23, 2025. Maxar Technologies/AFP via ...

NBC News gained behind-the-scenes access to St. Peter's Basilica as thousands of people waited in hours-long lines to pay ...