The World mourns to the passing of Pope Francis

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The world mourns after the passing of Pope Francis on Monday, April 21, 2025. On Wednesday, the body of Pope Francis was carried into St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican as he will lie in state for three days ahead of the funeral on Saturday, April 26th.

Gianlorenzo Bernini's monumental canopy serves as a dramatic frame as Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell, with Masters of ceremonies, Archbishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, left, and Monsignor Krzysztof Marcjanowicz, right, prays in front of Pope Francis's body into St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where the deceased pontiff will lie in state for three days. (Vatican Media via AP)

Pontifical Swiss guards stand in formation in St. Peter's Square as people await the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

People gather in St. Peter's Square as they await the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

People take pictures in St. Peter's Square as the ceremony with the Pope Francis' body, who will lie in state for three days, arrives at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

The ceremony with the Pope Francis' body, who will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica for three days, pass through the crowd at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The body of Pope Francis is carried into St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, April 23, 2025. Pope Francis now lies in state for three days to allow Catholic faithful to pay their final respects ahead of the funeral. (James Hill/The New York Times)

The body of Pope Francis is carried into St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (Alessandro Di Meo/ Pool Photo via AP)

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, right, and Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio in the United States of America, sit as faithful pay their respects to Pope Francis inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where his body will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Presidential honor guards stand by a painting of the late Pope Francis during a Mass at the Cathedral in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Devotees touch a portrait of Pope Francis during a mass for the late Pope at Santa Maria Assumpta church in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi)

A street vendor sells key chains of the late Pope Francis outside the Cathedral in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

A parishioner prays during a special mass organised in honour of the late Pope Francis at the Holy Cross Cathedral Church in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Devotees pray during a mass for the late Pope Francis in Dili, East Timor, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Fatima da Costa Sony)

A photo of late Pope Francis is projected outside Saint George Church on the feast day of Saint George in Rio de Janeiro, before sunrise, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Catholic nun pray during Pope Francis Memorial Mass, at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Devotees walk past flower boards after offering their condolences, outside the Apostolic Nunciature in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 23, 2025.(AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Devotees pray for the late Pope Francis as they wait for their turn to be allowed in to the Apostolic Nunciature to offer their condolences, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 23, 2025.(AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

A nun prays during a Mass led by Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, in remembrance of Pope Francis at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where according to tradition Jesus was crucified and buried, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

People line up in St. Peter’s Square to pay their respects to Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, April 23, 2025. Pope Francis now lies in state for three days to allow Catholic faithful to pay their final respects ahead of the funeral. (Gianni Cipriano/The New York Times)

People queue to pay their respect to the late Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Gianlorenzo Bernini's monumental canopy serves as a dramatic frame as Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell, with Masters of ceremonies, Archbishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, left, and Monsignor Krzysztof Marcjanowicz, right, prays in front of Pope Francis's body into St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where the deceased pontiff will lie in state for three days. (Vatican Media via AP)

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