PHOTO COLLECTION: Best-of-Scenes-from-the-Vatican-Photo-Collection

Pilgrims from Croatia arrive at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, left, prays in front of the body of Pope Francis laid out in state inside his private chapel at the Vatican, Monday, April 21, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP, HO)

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)

Pope Francis’s body is laid out in state inside his private chapel at the Vatican, Monday, April 21, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP, HO)

Pilgrims arrive in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Cardinal Silvano Tomasi arrives in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Faithful gather for a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Nuns walk to Vatican City, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/)

Faithful gather for a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Faithful gather for 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 woman holds a picture of Pope Francis reading in Italian “Farewell Francis, thank you His Holiness, today all the people cry for you” in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican after Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell announced the death of Pope Francis, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pilgrims carry a cross in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican after Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell announced the death of Pope Francis, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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)

Nuns walk at the Vatican after Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell announced the death of Pope Francis, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Faithful leave after a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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)

Faithful gather for a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Faithful gather for a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pilgrims leave 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)