The wooden coffin, in which the pope lies wearing a red chasuble, white mitre and black shoes, with a rosary laced around his fingers, will be closed in a private ceremony at 8:00 pm (1800 GMT).

The pope’s coffin was set before St Peter’s altar for his three days of lying-in-state, with Francis dressed in his papal vestments — a red chasuble, white mitre and black shoes. “It was a brief, but ...

They will wear chasuble (the outer garment worn by clergy during services), alb, belts and a simple white mitre. Cardinals inside St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican (Gregorio Borgia/AP ...

In his open casket on Wednesday, once his body was transferred from his deathbed to the Casa Santa Marta Cathedral, he wore the significant red chasuble, which symbolises love, passion and the ...

A piece of silk cloth was laid over the face of the pope, who was dressed in a red chasuble and was wearing the worn black shoes he always wore. Inside the zinc-lined wooden casket were placed a sack ...

Francis had repeatedly criticised Israel’s conduct in Gaza. The pope’s body was dressed in his papal vestments — a red chasuble, white mitre and black shoes — and laid inside a simple ...

Image: Inside the family's shop Image: A single white skullcap and a figurine of a Swiss Guard A green chasuble, the colourful robe worn over the cassock, is for normal Sunday Mass. Purple is for ...

Lined in red silk, the pope's wooden coffin has been set before St Peter's altar, with Francis dressed in his papal vestments -- a red chasuble, white mitre and black shoes -- with a rosary in his ...

Lined in red silk, the pope's wooden coffin has been set before St Peter's altar, with Pope Francis dressed in his papal vestments - a red chasuble, white mitre and black shoes - with a rosary in ...

Lined in red silk, the pope's wooden coffin has been set before St Peter's altar, with Francis dressed in his papal vestments -- a red chasuble, white mitre and black shoes -- with a rosary in his ...

People queue to enter St Peter's Basilica and pay their respects to Pope Francis Dressed in his papal vestments - a red chasuble, white mitre and black shoes - and with a rosary wrapped between ...

The pontiff, who died on Monday aged 88, was dressed in his papal vestments -- a red chasuble, white mitre and black shoes, with rosary beads laced around his fingers. Before being granted access ...