With the Pope's funeral scheduled to be held on Saturday, leaders from India, US, UK, EU among others are slated to mark ...

So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the ...

BBC One's schedule has undergone some big changes this weekend, with two hit programmes pulled from the channel ...

The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland and Irish President Michael D Higgins are among those travelling to Rome on Friday ...

Today will be the final chance for mourners to see Pope Francis lying in state. His coffin will be sealed later this evening ...

The BBC has taken a look back at archive footage of previous Popes' funerals, as far back as Pope Pius XII in 1958 through to Pope Benedict XVI in 2022. Video produced by Ian Casey.