Body to be transferred to St. Peter's Basilica in a ceremonial procession, where the public will be able to pay their respects.

On Monday in Rome, a rosary service was held for Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti. Beginning Wednesday at 9 a.m. local time (03:00 ET) and continuing until the funeral, Pope Francis’s body will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica, where mourners can pay their respects.

Tens of thousands of mourners have been descending on Vatican City over the last two days to pay their respects to Pope Francis, who died of a stroke on Easter Monday aged 88. Today, the coffin carrying the Pope will be taken from Casa Santa Marta, where he died, to St Peter's Basilica at 09:00 local time (08:00 BST).