PHOTO COLLECTION: Vatican Pope Procession
PHOTO COLLECTION: Vatican Pope Procession
The body of late Pope Francis is carried in an open coffin through St. Peter’s Square to St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where the deceased pontiff will lie in state for three days. (Vatican Media via AP)
People watch in St. Peter’s Square the procession 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)
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)
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)
Thousands of people queue as they wait to enter St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their respects to late Pope Francis, who is lying in state before his funeral on Saturday, at the Vatican City, Wednesday April 23, 2025. (Maxar Technologies via AP)
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)
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)
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)
Cardinals take part in the ceremony transfering Pope Francis’ body, who will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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)
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)
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)
Clergymen follow the procession with the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state for three days, entering St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Cardinals lead the procession of transferring the body of Pope Francis into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)
Gianlorenzo Bernini’s monumental canopy serves as a dramatic frame as Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell leads the procession accompanying Pope Francis’s body into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. The Pope will lie in state for three days. (Vatican Media via AP)
The procession with the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state for three days, moves past the statue of Saint Philip Neri as it enters St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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. (Alessandro Di Meo/ Pool Photo via AP)
The procession over the body of Pope Francis inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pallbearers place the body of Pope Francis inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)
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. (Alessandro Di Meo/ Pool Photo via AP)
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. (Alessandro Di Meo/ Pool Photo via AP)
The body of late Pope Francis is exposed inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where the deceased pontiff will lie in state for three days. (Vatican Media via AP)
Cardinal Luis Antonio Taigle, center, attends the procession of the body of Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Gianlorenzo Bernini’s monumental canopy serves as a dramatic frame as Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell, with Masters of ceremonies, Archbishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, left, and Monsignor Krzysztof Marcjanowicz, right, prays in front of Pope Francis’s body into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where the deceased pontiff will lie in state for three days. (Vatican Media via AP)
The body of late Pope Francis is carried in an open coffin through St. Peter’s Square to St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where the deceased pontiff will lie in state for three days. (Vatican Media via AP)
The body of late Pope Francis is carried in an open coffin through St. Peter’s Square to St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where the deceased pontiff will lie in state for three days. (Vatican Media via AP)
People watch in St. Peter’s Square the procession 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)
People watch in St. Peter’s Square the procession 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Thousands of people queue as they wait to enter St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their respects to late Pope Francis, who is lying in state before his funeral on Saturday, at the Vatican City, Wednesday April 23, 2025. (Maxar Technologies via AP)
Thousands of people queue as they wait to enter St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their respects to late Pope Francis, who is lying in state before his funeral on Saturday, at the Vatican City, Wednesday April 23, 2025. (Maxar Technologies via AP)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Cardinals take part in the ceremony transfering Pope Francis’ body, who will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Cardinals take part in the ceremony transfering Pope Francis’ body, who will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Clergymen follow the procession with the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state for three days, entering St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Clergymen follow the procession with the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state for three days, entering St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Cardinals lead the procession of transferring the body of Pope Francis into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)
Cardinals lead the procession of transferring the body of Pope Francis into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)
Gianlorenzo Bernini’s monumental canopy serves as a dramatic frame as Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell leads the procession accompanying Pope Francis’s body into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. The Pope will lie in state for three days. (Vatican Media via AP)
Gianlorenzo Bernini’s monumental canopy serves as a dramatic frame as Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell leads the procession accompanying Pope Francis’s body into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. The Pope will lie in state for three days. (Vatican Media via AP)
The procession with the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state for three days, moves past the statue of Saint Philip Neri as it enters St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
The procession with the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state for three days, moves past the statue of Saint Philip Neri as it enters St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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. (Alessandro Di Meo/ Pool Photo via AP)
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. (Alessandro Di Meo/ Pool Photo via AP)
The procession over the body of Pope Francis inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
The procession over the body of Pope Francis inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pallbearers place the body of Pope Francis inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)
Pallbearers place the body of Pope Francis inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)
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. (Alessandro Di Meo/ Pool Photo via AP)
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. (Alessandro Di Meo/ Pool Photo via AP)
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. (Alessandro Di Meo/ Pool Photo via AP)
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. (Alessandro Di Meo/ Pool Photo via AP)
The body of late Pope Francis is exposed inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where the deceased pontiff will lie in state for three days. (Vatican Media via AP)
The body of late Pope Francis is exposed inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where the deceased pontiff will lie in state for three days. (Vatican Media via AP)
Cardinal Luis Antonio Taigle, center, attends the procession of the body of Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Cardinal Luis Antonio Taigle, center, attends the procession of the body of Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Gianlorenzo Bernini’s monumental canopy serves as a dramatic frame as Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell, with Masters of ceremonies, Archbishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, left, and Monsignor Krzysztof Marcjanowicz, right, prays in front of Pope Francis’s body into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where the deceased pontiff will lie in state for three days. (Vatican Media via AP)
Gianlorenzo Bernini’s monumental canopy serves as a dramatic frame as Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell, with Masters of ceremonies, Archbishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, left, and Monsignor Krzysztof Marcjanowicz, right, prays in front of Pope Francis’s body into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where the deceased pontiff will lie in state for three days. (Vatican Media via AP)
This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.