Pope Francis’ wooden coffin was sealed on Friday night, in a private rite that officially ends three days of his body lying in state at the Vatican.

Tens of thousands of people have visited St. Peter's Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis as preparations also begin for the conclave. Chris Jansing reports more from the Vatican and is joined by NBC News’ Molly Hunter,

It's Friday, April 25 and the Brewers (13-13) are in St. Louis to take on the Cardinals (10-15). Chad Patrick is slated to take the mound for Milwaukee against Matthew Liberatore for St. Louis. Milwaukee is on a two-game losing streak and dropped three of the last four over a four-game series with San Francisco.

Liberatore kept a Brewers offense that ranked fifth in the majors at the start of Friday with 5.08 runs per game to three hits through his first six innings of work. The lone run