People have gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican to mourn Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope who charmed believers with his humble style.
Faithful participate in a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Monday April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
A giant screen announces a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
People take pictures in St. Peter's Square as the ceremony with the Pope Francis' body, who will lie in state for three days, arrives at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
A woman sits on the Angels Unawares sculpture by Canadian artist Timothy P. Schmalz, which was was inaugurated by the late Pope Francis and depicts migrants and refugees throughout history, in St. Peter's Square as people wait to pay their respects at the Pontiff's coffin at St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Margaret, left, and Sara from Slovakia sit at St. Peter's Square in front of St. Peter's Basilica where the body of Pope Francis will lie in state for three days, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
The body of Pope Francis is carried through St. Peter's Square to St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Nuns wait in St. Peter's Square to pay their respect to the late Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
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, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
People walk around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
A nun holds a rosary and a picture of Pope Francis during a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Men wash the steps St. Peter's Basilica before the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Nuns arrive to 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, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Pontifical Swiss guards stand in St. Peter's Square before the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
People wait at St. Peter's Square ahead of the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Priests in St. Peter's Basilica wait for the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A prelate holds a picture of Pope Francis as he enters the atrium of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where the body of Pope Francis will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)
Vatican Swiss Guards march in the atrium of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican before the body of Pope Francis will be carried inside where he will lie in state for three days, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)
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, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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. (AP Photo/Stefano Costantino)
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. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Copies of the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano are distributed after a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Monday April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Cardinal Silvano Tomasi blesses a nun in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Pope Francis's body is laid out in state inside his private chapel at the Vatican, Monday, April 21, 2025. From left, Dean Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, unidentified bishop, Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, Master of Ceremonies Archbishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell, and Master of Ceremonies Lubomir Welnitz. (Vatican Media via AP, HO)
Cardinal Silvano Tomasi arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Pilgrims arrive in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Cardinals, right, arrive for a meeting of cardinals, at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
A nun leans on railings in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican,Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Australian pilgrims walk to St. Peter's Square at the Vatican,Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A portrait of Pope Francis with a message below it reading in Italian "Farewell Pope Francis", is seen in the window of a religious jewellery shop, near the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Italian army soldiers carrying an anti drone gun patrol the area in front of St. Peter's Square before a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in Rome Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
A nun reads a book as she waits in line with others to view Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
People wait in line to view Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
People wait in line to view Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
People wait in line to view Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Faithful pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
People wait in line under the rain to enter St.Peter's Basilica to view Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People wait in line in St. Peter's Square to view Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police stand beneath the Bernini Colonnade near St.Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis is lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Faithful wait in line under the rain to view Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican,Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
A group of four nuns, center left, wait in line with other people to view Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
People line up as they enter St. Peter's Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
People look at booklets as they wait in line to view Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
People line up as they enter St. Peter's Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
People line up as they enter St. Peter's Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Nuns leave after entering the St. Peter's Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Pope Francis lies in state in St. Peter’s Basilica ahead of his funeral on Saturday in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. The pontiff died of …
