Photo gallery: Body of Pope Francis arrives at St. Peter’s Basilica following procession
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A prelate holds a picture of Pope Francis as he enters the atrium of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, on Wednesday, where the body of Pope Francis will lie in state for three days.
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People gather in St. Peter’s Square as they await the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, on Wednesday.
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The body of Pope Francis is placed into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, on Wednesday, where he will lie in state for three days.
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The body of Pope Francis is carried through St. Peter’s Square to St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, on Wednesday, where he will lie in state for three days.
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The ceremony with Pope Francis’ body, who will lie in state for three days, arrives at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican, on Wednesday.
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The body of Pope Francis is placed into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, on Wednesday, where he will lie in state for three days.
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A nun cries as the body of Pope Francis is carried into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days.
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The body of Pope Francis is carried into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, on Wednesday, where he will lie in state for three days.
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On Wednesday, Pope Francis’s body was carried through St. Peter’s Square to St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, where he will lie in state for three days.
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Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell, center right, spreads incense around Pope Francis’s body inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday. He will lie in state for three days.
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A woman sits in St. Peter’s Square as people wait to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, on Wednesday.
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Pope Francis’s body was carried into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday, where he will lie in state for three days.
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Faithful prayed during a Pope Francis Memorial Mass at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Wednesday.
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VATICAN CITY — A procession to move the body of Pope Francis to St. Peter’s Basilica for three days of public viewing ended Wednesday morning, where thousands had already filled the central aisle.
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