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Cardinals take part in the ceremony transfering Pope Francis' body, who will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Cardinals take part in the ceremony transfering Pope Francis’ body, who will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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NICOLE WINFIELD
Winfield has been on the Vatican beat since 2001, covering the papacies of St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and the Francis pontificate and traveling the world with them.