The 1st funeral mass in honor to Pope Francis takes place with the attendance of delegations from at least 130 countries and multitude of bishops, priests and cardinals. teleSUR
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00:00Welcome to Telesurio English. We go live to the Vatican City as Pope Francis'
00:09funerals are set to begin in St Peter's Square. Let's see. At this time we see live images of
00:19St Peter's Square in the Vatican. The funeral mass for Pope Francis will be presided over
00:29by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Red and will conclude with the transfer of the coffin to
00:34Santa Maria Maggiore where the burial will take place. As we say Pope Francis' funerals
00:49will be held in St Peter's Square that we are seeing now in Rome at 10 a.m. local time
00:54is expected to take place and we see now live images of thousands of people gathered in
01:01St Peter's Square awaiting for the funeral mass to begin that will be led by Cardinal Giovanni
01:10Battista Red, the Dean of the College of Cardinals. The funeral mass is expected to be attended by
01:22dignitaries from 170 foreign delegations as well as tens of thousands of ordinary people wanting
01:30to pay their last respects to the Pope.