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Francis's funeral to be grand farewell to 'pope of the poor'

People crowd on a street in Rome ahead of late Pope Francis' funeral on April 26, 2025. [AFP]

Mourners thronged the Vatican and the streets of Rome on Saturday for the funeral of Pope Francis, champion of the poor and the Catholic Church's first Latin American leader, which will be attended by world leaders and tens of thousands of faithful.

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