World leaders expected to attend Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday Roman Catholic cardinals have scheduled Pope Francis’ funeral for Saturday, April 26, at St. Peter’s Square, the Vatican announced on Tuesday. The Vatican released photos of Pope Francis in his vestments, lying in a wooden coffin inside the chapel of the Santa Marta residence, where he had lived throughout his 12-year papacy. His body will be transferred to the nearby St. Peter’s Basilica in a procession led by cardinals, allowing the faithful to pay their final respects to the first Latin American pope. Recall that...