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Pope Francis’s Coffin Returned To Basilica After Funeral Mass

Pallbearers carried the simple wooden casket back into the basilica almost two hours after it was brought out for the service

By Emmanuel Egobiambu
Updated April 26, 2025
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The book of the gospels lays on the coffin of late Pope Francis during the funeral ceremony at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)

Pope Francis’s coffin was taken back into St Peter’s Basilica on Saturday at the end of his funeral mass at the Vatican.

Pallbearers carried the simple wooden casket back into the basilica almost two hours after it was brought out for the service attended by world leaders including US President Donald Trump.

AFP

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