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  1. The coffin of the late People’s Pope is carried by pallbearers into Rome’s Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, a church the Vicar of Christ often visited during his 12-year papacy, especially to pray before and after overseas trips. He is the first pontiff in over a century to be buried outside the grottoes beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, forgoing traditional elaborate ceremonies.

    People’s Shepherd finds rest

    The crowds, packed with young people, applauded as the white-gloved pallbearers, accompanied by more than 200 red-robed cardinals, carried the Pope’s coffin…

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