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(NewsNation) — The doors of St. Peter's Basilica are open, and public visitation has begun successful Vatican City.
Thousands of faithful lined up Wednesday for the accidental to accidental a last farewell to Pope Francis, whose assemblage volition prevarication successful authorities astatine the basilica until his Saturday burial. Francis died Monday astatine 88.
Francis' simple woody casket was transferred from the Domus Santa Marta hotel, wherever helium lived and died, aboriginal Wednesday morning.
A procession of cardinals, bishops and Swiss Guards carried Francis' assemblage done the aforesaid piazza from which helium made his past public quality connected Easter Sunday.
The ceremonial with Pope Francis' body, which volition prevarication successful authorities astatine St. Peter's Basilica for 3 days, passes done the assemblage astatine the Vatican connected April 23. (Photo by 
The coffin with the deceased Pope Francis is carried from the Chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae to the Basilica of Saint Peter.
The ceremonial with Pope Francis' body, who lies successful authorities astatine St. Peter's Basilica for 3 days, passes done the assemblage astatine the Vatican connected April 23.
A cleaner mops betwixt pews arsenic a representation of Pope Francis is displayed wrong Church of the Little Flower connected April 21 successful Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Candles and rosaries for Pope Francis are seen successful beforehand of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, successful Rome, connected March 18. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Mourners traveled from astir the globe to be the nationalist viewing, and thousands of attendees filled the basilica's cardinal aisle arsenic it opened.
“He’s similar a subordinate of the family, isn’t he? Somebody precise adjacent to our hearts,” 1 mourner told NewsNation.
Another said Francis was a "model of sanctity ... of holiness" for Catholics everywhere.
Francis volition beryllium laid to remainder astatine the Basilica of St. Mary Major extracurricular the Vatican connected Saturday, pursuing a 4 a.m. EDT work successful St. Peter’s Square.
Typically, the process to prime a successor begins 15 to 20 days aft a pope's passing.
The ceremonial process, called a conclave, involves Catholic cardinals gathering successful a closed country oregon hallway to ballot connected who should beryllium the adjacent pope, according to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Only cardinals nether the property of 80 are allowed to enactment successful the secretive, anonymous vote.
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