Faithful pay homage to Pope Francis in St Peter's Basilica – watch live

St Peter's Basilica remains open to the faithful who wish to pay homage to the late Pope Francis, whose simple wooden coffin has been placed on the main altar of the 16th-century basilica until Friday evening. The pope, the head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, died at his home in Casa Santa Marta aged 88 after a stroke and subsequent heart failure Pope Francis’s funeral – latest updates