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The burial, which Francis orchestrated himself while revising and simplifying the Vatican’s ceremonies and customs last year, ...

Royalty, presidents, prime ministers and a legion of faithful will pay their last respects to Pope Francis on Saturday at a funeral Mass in St Peter’s Square to honour his sometimes turbulent papacy.