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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.

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.

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.

AMSTERDAM (AP) 鈥� The mayor of Amsterdam apologized Thursday for the role the Dutch capital played in the persecution of its Jewish citizens during World War II, saying the government at the time 鈥渓et its Jewish residents down terribly.

VATICAN CITY (AP) 鈥� So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St.

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 50 people, many of them women and children, the territory鈥檚 Health Ministry said Thursday.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) 鈥� The man who would become Pope Francis always bought his shoes in the same small store.