PHOTO COLLECTION: Vatican What’s Happening and Where

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Faithful queue to pay their respect to Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Original Publication Date: April 27, 2025 12:07AM

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People wait in St. Peter’s Square to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for the final day, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
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A friar leans on a fence outside St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Vatican Master of Ceremonies Archbishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli covers the face of late Pope Francis with a silk cloth before closing his casket in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Friday, April 25, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP)
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Faithful wait in a line to pay their homage to the body of Pope Francis inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he lied in state for three days. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
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The body of Pope Francis lies in state inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
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A seagull is backdropped by the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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People line up to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Priests and faithful pray the rosary outside St. Mary Major Basilica, in Rome, Friday, April 25, 2025 (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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Faithful pay their respect to Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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People wait in line to enter St. Peter’s Basilica to view Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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People wait in St. Peter’s Square to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for the final day, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
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A graffiti by artist Laika shows Pope Francis holding a list of guests for his funeral and reading in Italian ” Who invited them? ” in Rome, Friday April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Faithful queue to pay their respects to Pope Francis, with a screen showing him lying in state inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Nuns leave after viewing Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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People wait in line to enter St. Peter’s Basilica where Pope Francis is lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Nuns wait in St. Peter’s Square to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for the final day, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
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Maritime pine trees are trimmed along the Vatican walls ahead of Saturday’s funeral of Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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People wait to view Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025 (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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People wait in line to view Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025 (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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A girl is helped by family members to take a picture outside St. Peter’s Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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A guide uses a colourful hand fan to lead the group as they leave after viewing Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter’s Basilica,, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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A pilgrim holds a picture of Pope Francis as he waits in line to view Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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A person walks past a graffiti of Pope Francis, near the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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A religious tapestry is displayed in a shop as Pope Francis is lying in state inside St. Peter’s Basilica , at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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People line up to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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People line up to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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A woman places her hand on the entrance door of St. Peter’s Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Priests and security personnel gather outside St. Peter’s Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Italian Police patrol the Tiber river ahead of Saturday’s funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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People stand in line as they wait to enter St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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People flock to St. Peter’s Square to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for the final day, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
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People line up to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Nuns wait in line to view Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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People arrive in St. Peter’s Square to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for the final day, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
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A woman holds drawings depicting the pontiff as people wait in St. Peter’s Square to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for the final day, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
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Priests celebrate mass at St. Peter’s Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Nuns walk at St. Peter’s Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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People stand in line as they wait to enter St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Faithful pray at St. Peter’s Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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People stand in line as they wait to enter St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Cardinal Francesco Montenegro walks at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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People walk at St. Peter’s Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo arrives for a college of cardinals’ meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan arrives for a college of cardinals’ meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Security and police make way for Cardinal Sean O’Malley arriving for a college of cardinals’ meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Cardinal Matteo Zuppi arrives for a college of cardinals’ meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Cardinal Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib arrives for a college of cardinals’ meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Cardinal Fernando Filoni arrives for a college of cardinals’ meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera arrives for a college of cardinals’ meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Workers mount a lift to carry media on the rooftop of the Colonnade ahead of Friday’s funeral of Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Members of security are silhouetted by the windows of the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, ahead of the arrival of the body of Pope Francis inside the basilica, where he will lie in state for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)
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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)
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Vatican Swiss Guards stand at the Arch of the Bells where the body of Pope Francis will be carried on its way to St. Peter’s Basilica, where it will lie in state for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Security persons stand 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)
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Workers clean the steps at the 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)
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Faithful pray before the Salus populi Romani (Salvation of the people of Rome), a Byzantine-style painting that features an image of Mary, draped in a blue robe, holding the infant Jesus who in turn is holding a jeweled golden book, inside St. Mary Major basilica, where Pope Francis will be buried, in Rome, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Faithful and nuns gather by the statue of Pope Pius IX, inside in St. Mary Major basilica, where Pope Francis will be buried, in Rome, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Faithful and nuns walk inside in St. Mary Major basilica, where Pope Francis will be buried, in Rome, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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A woman walks past a wooden board where work in progress is taking place on the spot where Pope Francis will be buried, inside St. Mary Major basilica, in Rome, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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People walk past a wooden board where work in progress is taking place on the spot where Pope Francis will be buried, inside St. Mary Major basilica, in Rome, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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People walk past a wooden board where work in progress is taking place on the spot where Pope Francis will be buried, inside St. Mary Major basilica, in Rome, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Andrea, a tourist from Freiburg, Germany, poses for a friend along with Kaya, the dog, in front of the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, where the late Pope Francis will be buried, in Rome, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
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People walk next to the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, where the late Pope Francis will be buried, in Rome, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

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