Tens of thousands of faithful poured into St. Peter's Basilica on April 23 to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, whose body is lying in state for three days ahead of his funeral on April 26. Crowds stretched down the main boulevard leading through Rome into the Vatican, pressing forward slowly in warm spring sunshine and into the night as they took their turn to see the late pontiff in his open coffin. 🔗 Read the full story at our link in bio. 📷 hannahmckay88 carlosabarria dylanjmz yara999 guglielmo.mangiapane remocasillifotografodiroma kai_pfaffenbach mohammedsalem85 and Susana Vera #popefrancis #pope #coffin #stpeterssquare #stpetersbasilica #basilica #catholics