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Cardinals are expected to meet in the Vatican this morning to decide on a date for the funeral of Pope Francis, who died on Monday, aged 88
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He died of stroke and subsequent irreversible heart failure, the Vatican says in a statement
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The pontiff’s death has prompted an outpouring of grief from Catholics across the globe. From South Sudan to Argentina, Poland to the Philippines, the BBC reports from across five continents
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Francis’s death has set into motion the political process for the Church to select a new leader in the coming weeks
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What happens next? We look at the papal funeral and the election of a new pope