Pope Francis, the 266th head of the Roman Catholic Church, died on April 21 at the age of 88.

Francis did away with that sort of viewing. Instead, a procession brought his coffin on Wednesday directly to St. Peter’s Basilica, where a public viewing is taking place. Francis’ body, dressed in papal vestments, his head covered with a white bishop’s miter, is lying in state to allow tens of thousands of mourners to bid farewell.

The papal funeral is scheduled for the early hours of April 26. It will be a more modest event than others, for a modest man.

The parish priest of Gaza's only Catholic church talks about getting daily calls from Pope Francis during the Israel-Hamas conflict.

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