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The quiet farewell before Pope Francis' funeral.
Last edited Tue Apr 22, 2025, 05:31 PM - Edit history (1)
Before mourners in their thousands gather in St. Peter’s Square to grieve, before leaders from around the world arrive to pay their respects, and long before cardinals cloister themselves to consider the future, the Vatican holds a small ceremony when a pope dies.It did so again around 8 p.m. Monday when, just over 12 hours after he died, Pope Francis was transferred from the rooms of his simple residence, a guesthouse in Vatican City, down to a chapel on the ground floor.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/21/world/pope-francis-death-news
