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Mourners are expected to gather for Pope Francis's funeral at St. Peter鈥檚 Square on Saturday, following his death on Monday at the age of 88. The Vatican says the ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. local time, which is 4 a.m. ET.

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OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) 鈥� The Polish and Israeli presidents joined thousands of Israeli youth and others in an annual march Thursday at the former Auschwitz death camp on Israel鈥檚 Holocaust Remembrance Day.

VATICAN CITY (AP) 鈥� Heads of state and royalty will start converging on Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis in the Vatican鈥檚 St.

After the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, ignited the devastating war in Gaza, a deadly new reality also took hold for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) 鈥� Central African Republic鈥檚 capital had been torn apart by inter-religious violence leading up to Pope Francis鈥� 2015 visit , its streets haunted by fear and division.

JERUSALEM (AP) 鈥� Hours after Pope Francis鈥� death was announced, Israel's Foreign Ministry posted a short message on X: 鈥淩est in peace, Pope Francis. May his memory be a blessing." Several hours later, it was deleted without explanation.

VATICAN CITY (AP) 鈥� He called me 鈥渓a prima della classe,鈥� or 鈥渢he first in class.鈥� It wasn鈥檛 necessarily a compliment.

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The day before he died, in his final public address, Pope Francis expressed an Easter Sunday message of unity and an appeal for the marginalized and migrants.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) 鈥� Legendary attorney Fred Gray 鈥� once deemed the 鈥渃hief counsel鈥� of the Civil Rights Movement by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. 鈥� was honored with a statue outside the Alabama State Bar Association on Thursday.