By Joshua McElwee and Giulia Segreti ROME (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of mourners filed into St. Peter's Basilica on Friday on the last day to pay final respects to Pope Francis ahead of his funeral on Saturday.

As the Vatican prepares to end viewings at St Peter's Basilica at 19:00 local time (18:00 BST), the BBC has spoken to the last person in the queue to pay their respects to Pope Francis. Father Ramez Twal from Jersualem tells Outside Source: "It's amazing that we as a group from the Holy Land get to say the last goodbye for our late Pope Francis."

Tens of thousands of people queued up outside St. Peter's Basilica on the last day to pay respects to Pope Francis before his funeral on April 26.