Thousands honor Pope Francis while a nun stands in silence near the casket

Thousands of people poured into St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, whose body is lying in state for three days ahead of his funeral on Saturday. Sr. Genevieve Jeanningros, a nun from the Roman seaside town of Ostia, who hosted Pope Francis several times in the past stood by his casket and cried.

Thousands honor Pope Francis while a nun stands in silence near the casket

Thousands of people poured into St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, whose body is lying in state for three days ahead of his funeral on Saturday. Sr. Genevieve Jeanningros, a nun from the Roman seaside town of Ostia, who hosted Pope Francis several times in the past stood by his casket and cried.