50,000 people pass Pope Francis's casket as Catholics mourns loss of the 'people's pope'

So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher-than-expected turnout, closing the basilica for just an hour Thursday morning for cleaning. Read more: https://bit.ly/4cRY3jo

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