Here’s How Various News Outlets Will Cover Pope Francis’ Funeral

Pope Francis’ funeral is set to take place on Saturday in Vatican City. The farewell ceremony for the first Latin American pontiff and the 266th head of the Catholic Church will occur during the early morning hours for U.S. viewers. The various news networks have already deployed significant staff to the region and will present live coverage of the entire funeral program.

Here is how the various outlets plan to cover Francis’ funeral (all times Eastern):

ABC News
Beginning at 3:30 a.m., David Muir will lead coverage from the Vatican, joined by Deborah Roberts; chief international correspondent James Longman; senior national correspondent Terry Moran; foreign correspondent Maggie Rulli; reporters Ines de La Cuetara, Mike Marza, and David Ono; and contributors Father Jim Martin, Father John Wauck, and Helen Alvaré.

BBC News
Starting at 1 a.m., Maryam Moshiri will present live and continuous coverage from Rome of the build-up to the funeral of Pope Francis. Live coverage of the funeral will be presented by Reeta Chakrabarti beginning at 4:30 a.m.

CBS News
Norah O’Donnell and John Dickerson will anchor funeral coverage starting at 4 a.m. on CBS and CBS News 24/7. Chris Livesay and Seth Doane will join them. Plus, there will be insights from experts, including Vatican analyst Delia Gallagher, Father Anthony Figueiredo, and Crux editor John Allen.

CNN
Anderson Cooper anchors funeral coverage starting at 3 a.m. CNN Vatican correspondent Christopher Lamb and chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward will provide additional reporting and analysis, alongside senior international correspondent Ben Wedeman and journalist Barbie Nadeau. Over on CNN International, coverage will start at midnight anchored Erica Hill and also feature Lamb, Ward, and Wedeman.

Fox News
Martha MacCallum will anchor the network’s coverage live from Rome beginning at  3 a.m. The special will also feature contributions from chief religion correspondent Lauren Green, contributor Jonathan Morris, and correspondents Alex Hogan and Connor Hansen. Special live coverage will be presented across Fox News Channel (FNC), Fox News Audio, Fox News Digital, and Fox Nation. 

MSNBC
Beginning at 3:45 a.m., Chris Jansing, who will be in the Vatican, will be joined by Christina Ruffini from Washington, D.C., who will provide in-depth analysis. The Weekend will pick up coverage from 7 to 10 a.m.

NBC News

Craig Melvin will lead NBC News and NBC News Now’s coverage at 3:55 a.m. He will be joined by NBC News correspondents stationed in the Vatican City, including anchors Tom Llamas, Anne Thomas, and Deborah Castellano Lubov. Meanwhile, Fr. John Bartunek and Dr. Kathleen Sprows Cummings will join Melvin in New York.

 Newsmax

 Live coverage from St. Peter’s of Pope Francis’ funeral begins at 3 a.m.

NewsNation
Special funeral coverage begins at  3 a.m., anchored by NewsNation Now’s Connell McShane. National correspondent Robert Sherman, EWTN’s Vatican correspondent Colm Flynn, and WGN journalist Dina Bair will be live from Vatican City to provide on-the-ground reporting. Hena Doba will resume special coverage on the network’s signature morning show, Morning in America, at 7 a.m.

PBS News

Live coverage begins with a live stream of the funeral proceedings at 4:00 a.m.  

Scripps News
Special live coverage starts at 4 a.m., followed by a Scripps News special, The Death of Pope Francis. 

Spectrum News

Spectrum News+ anchors Bree Driscoll and Josh Robin will co-host special live coverage beginning at 3:55 a.m. They will be joined by Kevin Frey from Washington, D.C., and two commentators, Father Patrick Flanagan and Natalia Imperatori-Lee.

Noticias Telemundo

Anchor Julio Vaqueiro will lead the broadcast from the Vatican beginning at 3:30 a.m., joined on the ground by Rogelio Mora-Tagle and Damià Bonmatí. The special coverage will air live on Telemundo and stream on Noticias Telemundo Ahora. 

Noticias Univision

Noticias Univision in the United States and N+ in Mexico will simulcast live coverage of the funeral beginning at 2 a.m., anchored by Ilia Calderón, Enrique Acevedo, and Joaquín López-Dóriga on location in the Vatican City and Rome. They will be joined by experts María Antonieta Collins and Valentina Alazraki; guests Sergio Tapia and Stefano Fantozzi; and correspondents Pablo Monzalvo, Vilma Tarazona, Karla Iberia Sánchez, Horacio Rocha, and Yolanda Fernández.