Large crowds of people have lined the streets of Rome to watch Pope Francis’ coffin be carried from the Vatican to his final resting place at the church of Santa Maria Maggiore. The Pope died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 and one of his final requests was that he be laid to...
Thousands of mourners continue to file through the iconic St Peter’s Basilica, where the late Pope Francis is lying in state. BBC News Correspondent Mark Lowen caught up with one family from New York who described being able to pay their final respects ahead of the Pope’s funeral on Saturday as a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity”. “We...
