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Cardinal Francesco Montenegro walks at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People stand in line as they wait to enter St. Peter's Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Nuns walk at St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis is lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A woman holds drawings depicting the pontiff as people wait in St. Peter's Square to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, lying in state at St. Peter's Basilica for the final day, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Nuns wait in line to view Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
People line up to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Priests and security personnel gather outside St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A religious tapestry is displayed in a shop as Pope Francis is lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica , at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
A pilgrim holds a picture of Pope Francis as he waits in line to view Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A guide uses a colourful hand fan to lead the group as they leave after viewing Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica,, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Maritime pine trees are trimmed along the Vatican walls ahead of Saturday's funeral of Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People pay respects to the late Pope Francis, lying in state at St. Peter's Basilica for the final day, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
People wait in line to enter St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis is lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Balcony columns frame the queue of people lining up to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
People line up to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Nuns leave after viewing Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
People wait in St. Peter's Square to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, lying in state at St. Peter's Basilica for the final day, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo arrives for a college of cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
People arrive in St. Peter's Square to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, lying in state at St. Peter's Basilica for the final day, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Nuns wait in line to view Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
People line up to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
People flock to St. Peter's Square to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, lying in state at St. Peter's Basilica for the final day, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
People stand in line as they wait to enter St. Peter's Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Italian Police patrol the Tiber river ahead of Saturday's funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Priests and security personnel gather outside St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A woman places her hand on the entrance door of St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
People line up to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
People line up to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Nuns wait in St. Peter's Square to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, lying in state at St. Peter's Basilica for the final day, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
People line up to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Workers mount a lift to carry media on the rooftop of the Colonnade ahead of Friday's funeral of Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera arrives for a college of cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Cardinal Fernando Filoni arrives for a college of cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Cardinal Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib arrives for a college of cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi arrives for a college of cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Security and police make way for Cardinal Sean O'Malley arriving for a college of cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan arrives for a college of cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
People walk at St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
People stand in line as they wait to enter St. Peter's Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Faithful pray at St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Faithful pray at St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
People stand in line as they wait to enter St. Peter's Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Nuns walk at St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Priests celebrate mass at St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
People walk next to the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, where the late Pope Francis will be buried, in Rome, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Andrea, a tourist from Freiburg, Germany, poses for a friend along with Kaya, the dog, in front of the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, where the late Pope Francis will be buried, in Rome, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Members of security are silhouetted by the windows of the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, ahead of the arrival of the body of Pope Francis inside the basilica, where he will lie in state for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)
Workers clean the steps at the St. Peter's Square ahead of the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Security persons stand at St. Peter's Square ahead of the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Vatican Swiss Guards stand at the Arch of the Bells where the body of Pope Francis will be carried on its way to St. Peter's Basilica, where it will lie in state for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Vatican Swiss Guards stand at the Arch of the Bells where the body of Pope Francis will be carried on its way to St. Peter's Basilica, where it will lie in state for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pontifical Swiss guards stand in St. Peter's Square before the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
FILE - Black smoke emerges from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel as cardinals voted on the second day of the conclave to elect a pope in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
FILE - A view of the Cardinals' tables in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Aug. 25, 1978. The conclave will celebrate Mass here for prayers for inspiration to elect the successor of the late Pope Paul VI. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Tables and chairs line the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican in preparation for the conclave, on April 16, 2005. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, File)
FILE - White smoke is seen billowing out from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and announcing that a new pope has been elected on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
People walk past a wooden board where work in progress is taking place on the spot where Pope Francis will be buried, inside St. Mary Major basilica, in Rome, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
People walk past a wooden board where work in progress is taking place on the spot where Pope Francis will be buried, inside St. Mary Major basilica, in Rome, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
People walk past a wooden board where work in progress is taking place on the spot where Pope Francis will be buried, inside St. Mary Major basilica, in Rome, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
A woman walks past a wooden board where work in progress is taking place on the spot where Pope Francis will be buried, inside St. Mary Major basilica, in Rome, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Faithful and nuns walk inside in St. Mary Major basilica, where Pope Francis will be buried, in Rome, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Faithful and nuns gather by the statue of Pope Pius IX, inside in St. Mary Major basilica, where Pope Francis will be buried, in Rome, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Faithful pray before the Salus populi Romani (Salvation of the people of Rome), a Byzantine-style painting that features an image of Mary, draped in a blue robe, holding the infant Jesus who in turn is holding a jeweled golden book, inside St. Mary Major basilica, where Pope Francis will be buried, in Rome, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Cardinal Francesco Montenegro walks at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People stand in line as they wait to enter St. Peter's Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Nuns walk at St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis is lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A woman holds drawings depicting the pontiff as people wait in St. Peter's Square to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, lying in state at St. Peter's Basilica for the final day, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Nuns wait in line to view Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
People line up to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Priests and security personnel gather outside St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A religious tapestry is displayed in a shop as Pope Francis is lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica , at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
A pilgrim holds a picture of Pope Francis as he waits in line to view Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A guide uses a colourful hand fan to lead the group as they leave after viewing Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica,, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Maritime pine trees are trimmed along the Vatican walls ahead of Saturday's funeral of Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People pay respects to the late Pope Francis, lying in state at St. Peter's Basilica for the final day, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
People wait in line to enter St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis is lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Balcony columns frame the queue of people lining up to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
People line up to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Nuns leave after viewing Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
People wait in St. Peter's Square to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, lying in state at St. Peter's Basilica for the final day, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo arrives for a college of cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
People arrive in St. Peter's Square to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, lying in state at St. Peter's Basilica for the final day, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Nuns wait in line to view Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
People line up to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
People flock to St. Peter's Square to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, lying in state at St. Peter's Basilica for the final day, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
People stand in line as they wait to enter St. Peter's Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Italian Police patrol the Tiber river ahead of Saturday's funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Priests and security personnel gather outside St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A woman places her hand on the entrance door of St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
People line up to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
People line up to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Nuns wait in St. Peter's Square to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, lying in state at St. Peter's Basilica for the final day, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
People line up to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Workers mount a lift to carry media on the rooftop of the Colonnade ahead of Friday's funeral of Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera arrives for a college of cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Cardinal Fernando Filoni arrives for a college of cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Cardinal Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib arrives for a college of cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi arrives for a college of cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Security and police make way for Cardinal Sean O'Malley arriving for a college of cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan arrives for a college of cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
People walk at St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
People stand in line as they wait to enter St. Peter's Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Faithful pray at St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Faithful pray at St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
People stand in line as they wait to enter St. Peter's Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Nuns walk at St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Priests celebrate mass at St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
People walk next to the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, where the late Pope Francis will be buried, in Rome, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Andrea, a tourist from Freiburg, Germany, poses for a friend along with Kaya, the dog, in front of the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, where the late Pope Francis will be buried, in Rome, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Members of security are silhouetted by the windows of the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, ahead of the arrival of the body of Pope Francis inside the basilica, where he will lie in state for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)
Workers clean the steps at the St. Peter's Square ahead of the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Security persons stand at St. Peter's Square ahead of the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Vatican Swiss Guards stand at the Arch of the Bells where the body of Pope Francis will be carried on its way to St. Peter's Basilica, where it will lie in state for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Vatican Swiss Guards stand at the Arch of the Bells where the body of Pope Francis will be carried on its way to St. Peter's Basilica, where it will lie in state for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pontifical Swiss guards stand in St. Peter's Square before the arrival of the body of Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
FILE - Black smoke emerges from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel as cardinals voted on the second day of the conclave to elect a pope in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
FILE - A view of the Cardinals' tables in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Aug. 25, 1978. The conclave will celebrate Mass here for prayers for inspiration to elect the successor of the late Pope Paul VI. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Tables and chairs line the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican in preparation for the conclave, on April 16, 2005. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, File)
FILE - White smoke is seen billowing out from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and announcing that a new pope has been elected on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
People walk past a wooden board where work in progress is taking place on the spot where Pope Francis will be buried, inside St. Mary Major basilica, in Rome, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
People walk past a wooden board where work in progress is taking place on the spot where Pope Francis will be buried, inside St. Mary Major basilica, in Rome, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
People walk past a wooden board where work in progress is taking place on the spot where Pope Francis will be buried, inside St. Mary Major basilica, in Rome, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
A woman walks past a wooden board where work in progress is taking place on the spot where Pope Francis will be buried, inside St. Mary Major basilica, in Rome, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Faithful and nuns walk inside in St. Mary Major basilica, where Pope Francis will be buried, in Rome, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Faithful and nuns gather by the statue of Pope Pius IX, inside in St. Mary Major basilica, where Pope Francis will be buried, in Rome, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
