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Around 250,000 people gathered at the funeral mass in Rome's St. Peter's Square on Saturday. Heads of state and other top officials from dozens of countries in attendance. 150,000 people on the ...

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1 of 28 The coffin of Pope Francis arrives at St. Mary Major Basilica for his burial ceremony, in Rome, Saturday, April 26, 2025. Tens of thousands of people have lined the four-mile route between ...