Pope Francis’ coffin arrives in St. Peter’s Basilica to lie in state
Pallbearers, next to Swiss Guards, carry the coffin of the late Pope Francis inside St Peter’s Basilica, during the procession from the chapel of Santa Marta to St Peter’s Basilica, following the Pope’s death, in the Vatican on April 23, 2025. Agence France-Presse
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’s body arrived at Saint Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday to lie in state before his weekend funeral.
The late pope’s open wooden coffin was carried by pallbearers the 500 metres (yards) from the Casa Santa Marta where he lived and died, behind a procession of red-robed cardinals.
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