Pope Francis' coffin has been closed in a private ceremony attended by senior cardinals ahead of his funeral today - while ...

At 7pm local time (6pm BST) public access to the queue to visit Francis’s coffin officially closed after it was visited by 250,000 people. The coffin, originally in Francis’s ...

Pope Francis' coffin has been closed in a private ceremony attended by senior cardinals ahead of his funeral today ...

In line with Francis's wishes, this morning's ceremony will differ from the funerals of his immediate predecessors.