The coffin of Pope Francis will be transferred to St Peter's Basilica on Wednesday morning at 9:00 am (0700 GMT), before the lying-in-state, the Vatican announced.
It will be taken from the chapel of the Santa Marta residence, where the Catholic leader lived and where he died on Monday aged 88, in procession accompanied by cardinals.
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