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Presidents, prime ministers and cardinals gathered alongside members of the public in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis.

Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump met on Saturday morning ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis, Ukrainian officials said, ...

Sir Keir Starmer, the Prince of Wales and Donald Trump were also present for the funeral mass in St Peter’s Square.

Volodymyr Zelensky received a round of applause as he attended the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome. Clapping could be heard as the Ukrainian president arrived for the late Pontiff’s funeral at the ...

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The last pope buried outside the Vatican was Leo XIII in 1903. Francis’s will stipulated a simple burial "in the earth, without particular decoration", marked only with his papal name in Latin: ...