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- A solemn procession of patriarchs, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, canons and other priests chanted the names of the saints in Latin as they carried Pope Francis to St. Peter's Basilica ahead of his funeral.
- Francis will now lie in state for three days, allowing tens of thousands of people to pay their respects to the late leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholic
- Francis’ funeral will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. ET), the Vatican said, with Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re presiding over the funeral liturgy.
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