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Pope Francis’s coffin arrives in Saint Peter’s Basilica to lie in state

Pope Francis's coffin arrives in Saint Peter's Basilica to lie in state
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Pope Francis’s body arrived at Saint Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday to lie in state before his weekend funeral.

The late pope’s open wooden coffin was carried by pallbearers the 500 metres (yards) from the Casa Santa Marta where he lived and died, behind a procession of red-robed cardinals.

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