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Pope Francis’s wooden coffin, in which the Argentinian pontiff lies wearing a red chasuble, white mitre and black shoes, was sealed in a private ceremony on Friday ahead of Saturday's funeral.

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The Vatican was making final preparations Friday for Pope Francis's funeral as the last of the huge crowds of mourners filed through St Peter's Basilica to view his open coffin.