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Pope Francis' funeral: How to watch

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Published  April 26, 2025 4:12am EDT
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The Brief

    • The funeral for Pope Francis is Saturday at 10 a.m. local time in St. Peter’s Square, led by the dean of the College of Cardinals.
    • Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend, including world leaders.
    • You can watch for free on LiveNOW from FOX, with coverage beginning at 3 a.m. ET, then a full replay at 9 a.m. ET.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis’ funeral is set for Saturday in St. Peter’s Square. The former pontiff is to be celebrated by His Most Reverend Eminence Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals.

Bishops, priests, cardinals, archbishops and patriarchs from around the world will officiate the service. The events will conclude with the beginning of the Novemdiales, a symbolic and procedural period of nine days of prayer, mourning and remembrance.

Pope Francis will be taken to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore for burial.

The body of the late Pope Francis lies in state inside St. Peter's Basilica as faithful, on April 25, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Alessandra Benedetti - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

What time is Pope Francis' funeral? 

The funeral is set to begin at 10 a.m. local time in Vatican City. It will be 4 a.m. ET and 1 a.m. PT. 

How to watch Pope Francis' funeral

Funeral service for Pope Francis

More than 200,000 people are expected to attend Pope Francis' funeral Saturday. Joining LiveNOW's Josh Breslow to reflect on the pope's life and look ahead to the service is Michael Haynes, a senior Vatican correspondent for Lifesite.

LiveNOW from FOX will provide and stream live coverage of the funeral:

  • 3 a.m. ET - Funeral coverage begins on LiveNOW
  • 4 a.m. ET - Funeral starts (expected to last at least two to three hours)
  • 9 a.m. ET - Full, uninterrupted replay of the funeral service airs on LiveNOW from FOX

How to watch LiveNOW from FOX

You can watch LiveNOW from FOX here on this website. You can also watch it for free wherever you stream, from your TV to your phone to your tablet.  

LiveNOW from FOX is available for free on FOX Local, Amazon Freevee, Amazon News, fuboTV, LG Channels, Plex, The Roku Channel, Samsung TV Plus, Tubi, Vizio WatchFree+, Xumo, YouTube and YouTube TV. 

LINK: Find more information here.

The Source: FOX News and the Associated Press contributed to this report. The information in this story also came from official Vatican announcements. This story was reported from Los Angeles. 

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