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The coffin of Pope Francis is carried inside St. Mary Major Basilica for his burial ceremony, in Rome, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonietta Baldassarre)
Pallbearers carry the coffin during the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
The coffin of Pope Francis is carried into St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
A parishioner prays during a memorial mass for the late Pope Francis at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Saturday, April 26, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A parishioner prays during a memorial mass for the late Pope Francis at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Saturday, April 26, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
People walk past St. Patrick's Cathedral as dark drapes hang over the doorway before a memorial mass for the late Pope Francis, Saturday, April 26, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Oscar Gomez a street artist waits outside the Cathedral for a mass in tribute to the late Pope Francis in Bogota, Colombia, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
A mourner holds an Argentine flag as she pays tribute to the late Pope Francis outside the Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, April 26, 2025, on the day of his funeral in Rome. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
Devotees light candles during a Requiem Mass for the late Pope Francis, in Dili, East Timor, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Mourners pay tribute to the late Pope Francis as they caravan through emblematic places of his life in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, April 26, 2025, on the day of his funeral in Rome. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Worshippers attend a memorial mass to commemorate the late Pope Francis at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
A woman reaches up to touch a life-size cutout of Pope Francis ahead of a Requiem Mass at the Cathedral in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Ana Diaz sells posters of the late Pope Francis near the Cathedral in Bogota, Colombia, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Pallbearers bend to lift the coffin of Pope Francis at the end of his funeral in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Youngsters hold a banner during the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
The sun rises through a statue as people begin to take their seats in St. Peter's Square, ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Faithful listen to mass during the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A nun smiles as she waits ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Faithful pray during the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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The coffin of Pope Francis is carried inside St. Mary Major Basilica for his burial ceremony, in Rome, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonietta Baldassarre)
