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NBC News reports:
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. He will now lie in state for three days, and the first of tens of thousands of mourners began filing in to pay their respects to the late leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.
Francis reformed his own funeral rites to ensure they reflected his wish to be remembered as a simple man, so his coffin is not on an elevated platform, but placed facing the pews. Before the procession set off from nearby Santa Marta, where Francis lived and died, Cardinal Kevin Farrell presided over a ceremony of farewell. Francis’ funeral is set for 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. ET) Saturday.
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