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Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday

Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday

Pope Francis' funeral is scheduled for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter's Square, to be celebrated by the Dean of the College of Cardinals.

The cardinals have also decided that the public veneration of Pope Francis will begin on Wednesday in St. Peter's Basilica.

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, at the age of 88, at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta.

His death came almost a month after he returned to the Vatican after being hospitalized for double pneumonia. The Vatican said Francis suffered a stroke that put him in a coma and caused his heart to fail.

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