What it was like inside St. Peter's Square when the new pope was announced As Cardinal Robert Prevost's name was announced, a sound of shock rose up.

Americans in St. Peter’s square were stunned and joyous when they learned that an American cardinal, Robert Provost, was elected pope Thursday and had taken the name Leo XIV.

Pope Francis appears at the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica before the Urbi et Orbi message and blessing to the city and the world as part of Easter celebrations, at St Peter's Square in the ...

Hundreds of thousands of the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square on Sunday to pay homage to Pope Francis on the second of nine days the Vatican has set aside to mourn the beloved pontiff, who ...

Pope Francis speaks during the Angelus prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square, after celebrating a Mass for the Feast of Rome's Patrons Saints Peter and Paul, at the Vatican ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — As many as 200,000 people are expected to attend Pope Francis' funeral in St. Peter’s Square as he is being laid to rest Saturday.

“More than a pope, he was a fatherly figure for us migrants,” said Virginia Munos Ramires, 30, an El Salvador native, as she held onto a railing in St. Peter’s Square under the beating sun.

In the span of about 12 hours, the St. Peter's Square went from bursting at the seams with nearly 250,000 people crammed in for a papal funeral to peacefully quiet.

The body of Pope Francis has been transferred into the Basilica at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Vatican on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. The late pontiff will lie in state in a simple wooden ...