St. Peter’s Basilica opens to the public to pay their respects to Pope Francis before his funeral

Inside St Peter’s, mourners weep for the pope they loved. Outside, speculation is already swirling

By Wednesday evening at the Vatican, the queue to view the Pope’s coffin stretched for more than eight hours from start to finish.

Mourners crowd Vatican to honor Pope Francis and say farewell

Thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square as Pope Francis' casket was brought for three days of viewing. The pontiff, who died Monday at age 88, will be celebrated this Saturday in an elaborate funeral mass. Mourners came from all corners of the world. Some were compelled by pilgrimage, others to witness a snapshot in time of the 2000-year-old Catholic Church. Malcolm Brabant reports from Rome.

Peter Obi spotted at Pope's lying-in-state ceremony - Daily Trust

Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, was spotted at one of the funeral services organised for the late Pope Francis. Daily Trust reports that Pope Francis, aged 88, took his last breath on Easter Monday. The Vatican subsequently announced that he would be buried on died on Saturday. Obi who is currently in Rome, on commiseration alongside Francis Cardinal Arinze, one of the cardinal electors that would ch…

Thousands honor Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica

VATICAN CITY — Thousands of people poured into St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, whose body is lying in state for three days ahead of his funeral on Saturday. Crowds stretched down the main boulevard leading through Rome into the Vatican, pressing forward slowly in warm spring sunshine as people took their turn to see the late pontiff in his open coffin. The body of the 88-year-old pope, who died two …

Among pilgrims and curious people in Rome to pay homage to Bergoglio's coffin: from Mumbai to Seoul, from Hanoi to Shanghai, believers and non-believers tell AsiaNews about their presence in the Vatican to witness this historic moment. “We are Hindus but it was important for us to be here.” “Even we Koreans will remember it for a long time.” “We couldn't see it in Singapore, now we're pilgrims here.”

Pope Francis' body lies in state as Catholics visit Rome to say goodbye

Pope Francis' body will be lying in state for three days inside St. Peter's Basilica ahead of his funeral. CBS News contributor Delia Gallagher breaks down how mourners are saying goodbye to the pontiff.