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How Francis Changed the Symbols of a Pope’s Funeral
His body will go into a zinc-lined, wooden coffin instead of the triplicate coffins of the past (cypress, lead and oak). It will bypass the private viewing for church officials in the Apostolic Palace and go straight to St. Peter’s Basilica for viewing by the public. The coffin will not be placed on a catafalque, or bier.
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