Vatican authorities kept St. Peter's Basilica open all night as an estimated 50,000 people lined up around St. Peter's Square and out of the Vatican City into Rome for a chance to view the body of ...

The Vatican had to keep the doors of St. Peter's Basilica open throughout the night to accommodate the ... through St. Peter's Square and into the basilica has fostered a sense of community ...

So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night ... Peter’s Square and through ...

Crowds in St. Peter's Square witnessed black smoke pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday night, signaling that the cardinals at the conclave had not been able to elect a new pope.

St. Peter’s Square in Rome was packed Thursday in anticipation of the announcement of a new Pope. Sarah Ventre, NPR’s senior ...

Earlier that morning, Cooke and Taveras attended the "Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice" (“For the Election of the Roman Pontiff” ...

Leo addressed a packed St. Peter's Square, echoing an urgent plea for peace that was a recurring theme of his predecessor, ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become the next pope.

VATICAN CITY -- So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter's Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher-than ...

“We flew from Dublin last night, we’re staying for one day ... joined the procession of mourners that wended from St. Peter’s Square through the basilica’s Holy Door, with the repentant ...