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More than 60,000 people have viewed body of late pontiff since Wednesday morning, says VaticanThousands of mourners lined up for hours on a second day to catch a glimpse of Pope Francis’s body, after St Peter’s Basilica stayed open all night to cope wi…
Pope’s simple open casket lies on main altar of St Peter’s Basilica as mourners say: ‘It’s a privilege to be here’ Thousands of people queued for hours under the hot spring sun in St Peter’s Square on Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Franc…
Taiwan to send former vice-president despite Vatican being one of country’s few diplomatic alliesPope Francis’s funeral – latest updatesTaiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, will not attend the funeral of Pope Francis, despite his foreign ministry saying e…
Defence and security mechanisms are deployed across Rome as authorities expect crowds of up to 200,000 peoplePope Francis’s funeral – latest updatesDespite Pope Francis’s desire for a simple and comparatively low-key send-off, those tasked with organis…
Francis will lie in state for three days at St Peter’s Basilica before funeral is held on Saturday. This live blog is closedThe coffin makes it way through the Vatican towards St Peter’s Basilica, accompanied by the choir’s singing, starting with Psalm…
Pope Francis, head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, died at his home in the Vatican on Monday aged 88. This live blog is closedThe Vatican also confirmed that Pope Francis’s coffin will be transferred to St Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday morning, w…
Locals hail pontiff’s work in city’s poorest neighbourhoods – but express sadness that he never came back as popeBefore he left Argentina and moved to Italy to become pope, Jorge Mario Bergoglio would visit the country’s villas miserias, not in a car f…
In today’s newsletter: He was an unpredictable leader unafraid to upset traditionalists, but was he really a liberal figure – and will his changes last?Good morning. On Sunday, after a 38-day hospitalisation, Pope Francis greeted crowds in St Peter’s S…
Officials and campaigners from around world pay tribute to pontiff who put environment at heart of his papacyPope Francis, groundbreaking Jesuit pontiff, dies aged 88He declared destroying the environment a sin, warned that humanity was turning the glo…
Pope Francis, an outsider Jesuit pontiff from Argentina, is being mourned across the globe – here is the front-page reaction in BritainThe death of Pope Francis has reverberated around the world, with the Catholic leader remembered by millions as a Jes…