More than a quarter of a million people have paid homage to the late Pope Francis at St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. His coffin has now been closed in a private ceremony led by eight catholic cardinals ahead of his funeral service.
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00:00From dawn, they queued for their last chance to see Pope Francis.
00:07We are waiting this moment for a long time now, to come and see the Pope.
00:12We heard that we need to wait about at least eight or something hours yesterday or the day before,
00:19so we tried as early as possible to avoid the crowd.
00:23More than 200,000 people are expected to descend on St Peter's Square for his funeral.
00:29A delegation from Australia has also flown in.
00:32Archbishop Timothy Costello is Australia's most senior bishop.
00:37Very human. I think that's the thing that probably sums him up best.
00:40He was a deeply human man who knew how to relate to people.
00:44Melbourne-based Mikola Bichok will take part in the conclave to choose who will be the next pontiff.
00:50Pope Francis made the 45-year-old Ukrainian born a cardinal in December.
00:55He's the youngest in the world.
00:58It is human that I'm nervous. If you are not nervous, you are not human.
01:05To be a young cardinal is a huge responsibility, but actually God called me through Pope Francis.
01:18World leaders have started arriving for the Pope's funeral.
01:21Around 50 heads of state are expected to attend, including the US President Donald Trump and ten reigning monarchs.
01:29Security across Rome is tight, with the army and police deploying choppers in the air, snipers on rooftops and bomb squads on the ground.
01:39After the funeral, Pope Francis' body will then be moved in a procession through Rome, to his favourite church, the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, where he'll be buried.
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