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Image source, Getty ImagesThe Vatican has just announced the Pope's funeral will take place on Saturday, 26 April at 10:00 local time (09:00 BST).
Stick with us as we bring you more from the Holy See's official statement once we have it.
Pope Francis will be taken to St Peter's Basilica on Wednesday morning at 09:00 local time (08:00 BST), the Vatican has announced.
The Pope's coffin will be there until the burial for the public to pay their respects.
His body is currently laid out in a coffin in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence, where he lived during his 12-year papacy.
Image source, ReutersAs we've been reporting, cardinals are meeting this morning in the Vatican to decide on the date for Pope Francis's funeral.
According to Church custom, it should typically be held within four to six days after the pontiff's death - with the funeral mass taking place in St Peter's Square.
Papal funerals have traditionally been elaborate affairs, but Pope Francis acted last year to simplify his arrangements.
He will be the first Pope in more than a century not to be buried in the Vatican, in the crypt of St Peter's Basilica - opting instead to be laid to rest in Rome's Basilica of St Mary Major, near his favourite icon of the Madonna.
He also requested to be buried in a simple wooden casket, unlike his predecessors who were buried in the traditional three nesting coffins made of cypress, lead and oak.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Vatican has had a long-held dispute with China over who appoints bishops
China's foreign ministry has expressed condolences over the death of Pope Francis in a statement released more than 24 hours after he died.
"China and the Vatican have maintained constructive contact and carried out friendly exchanges," foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun says. "China is willing to make joint efforts with the Vatican to promote the continued improvement of China-Vatican relations."
The relationship between the Vatican and China has long been a testy one, with the issue of who appoints bishops at the heart of a dispute since China first broke off diplomatic ties with the Holy See in 1951.
The Vatican has released photos of Pope Francis in an open coffin, dressed in a red robe with the papal mitre on his head and a rosary in his hands.
The pictures were taken in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta, Francis's residence at the Vatican.
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Image source, ReutersPeople have been queueing up to visit St Peter's Square this morning
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Image source, Getty ImagesCardinals are meeting today for the first time to decide when Pope Francis's body will be moved to St Peter's Basilica - and when the funeral will take place.
According to the apostolic constitution, the Universi Dominici Gregis - meaning the Lord's whole flock - the service should happen "between the fourth and sixth day after death".
That would put the date of the funeral between Friday 25 April - Liberation Day in Italy, a national holiday - and Sunday 27 April.
Multiple Italian outlets are reporting the service is likely to be scheduled for Saturday, with national news agency Ansa citing Vatican sources.
Image source, Getty ImagesIn the last few minutes, multiple Italian outlets have shared an unpublished work Pope Francis wrote shortly before his death.
In the preface of a soon-to-be published book by Cardinal Angelo Scola, the pontiff wrote: "Death is not the end but the start of something.
"It’s a new beginning, as the title [of the book, Waiting for a new beginning. Reflections on old age] wisely suggests because eternal life, which is something those who love life experience on Earth in their everyday occupations, is to start something that will never end.
"And it is precisely for this reason that it is a 'new' beginning, because we will experience something that we have never fully experienced: eternity," he added.
Image source, REX/ShutterstockIn his final testament, Pope Francis expressed his wish to be buried in the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome.
"I wish my final earthly journey to end precisely in this ancient Marian sanctuary, where I would always stop to pray at the beginning and end of every Apostolic Journey," he said.
The pontiff, who has come to be known for favouring simplicity over pomp, also asked for a tomb "without ornamentation" and with only the inscription "Franciscus".
On the cost of the burial, the late Pope said it would be covered by a benefactor which he had arranged to be transferred to the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major.
Mourners from around the world have been queueing to visit St Peter's Square in Vatican City this morning.
As we've reported, cardinals are set to meet today to decide when the Pope's body will be moved into St Peter's Basilica before burial.
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Image source, ReutersFrench President Emmanuel Macron has told local media that he will attend the Pope's funeral.
We're set to learn the funeral date today, with cardinals discussing the matter this morning. Dozens of world leaders are expected to attend the funeral, alongside hundreds of thousands of worshippers.
Image source, EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockAs we mentioned earlier, cardinals will be meeting this morning to make initial arrangements in preparation for Pope Francis's funeral, as well as the conclave to select his successor.
The apostolic constitution sets out the "more urgent" decisions the clerics will need to make during this first summit, including:
Watch: Mass held at Pope Francis's home church in Argentina
The Archbishop of Buenos Aries, Jorge Garcia, pays tribute to the late pope and calls for Argentine unity.
As the world continues to mourn the death of Pope Francis, cardinals are set to meet at 9:00 local time (8:00 BST. 07:00 GMT) in the Vatican to decide the date for his funeral.
The meeting marks a first of a series of "general congregations". Cardinals are expected to decide when the Pope's body will be moved into St Peter's Basilica before burial so the public can pay their respect.
The Vatican had earlier on Monday said this transfer could happen as early as Wednesday morning.
As we've reported, there will be nine days of official mourning, with the funeral and burial typically happening between the fourth and sixth days after his death.
Jonathan Head
BBC South East Asia Correspondent
Image source, ReutersThey called him Lolo Kiko, or Grandpa Francis, and many Filipinos have described themselves as feeling like orphans after his death.
All popes have rock-star status in the Philippines, where an intense and colourful Roman Catholic faith is woven into the fabric of society. With his informal, down-to-earth manner and forthright pleas for justice, Pope Francis won particular affection among those in the Philippines who still live in eye-watering poverty.
Six million attended the open-air mass he held in Manila during his visit 10 years ago, the largest congregation ever recorded by the Vatican.
As well as mourning a much-loved pontiff Filipinos are also closely watching the choice of his successor.
One of their own, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is widely considered a front-runner. If chosen he would be the first Asian pope, and only the second, after Pope Francis, to come from the global south.
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South Korea’s acting president, Han Duck-Soo, said that the Pope had “practiced a life of peace and reconciliation” and “delivered a message of love and solidarity to mankind through teaching that 'we are all brothers and sisters'.”
Just over one in ten people in South Korea is a practicing Catholic.
Danny Aeberhard
Europe analyst, BBC World Service
Image source, Getty ImagesIn 2015 Pope Francis published the papal encyclical 'Laudato Si' or "Praise be to you" ahead of a landmark UN climate conference in Paris
When Jorge Mario Bergoglio chose "Francis" as his papal name, it seemed a perfect fit. No previous pope had chosen to name themselves after the medieval mendicant friar, Francis of Assisi.
But, as well as being a patron saint of the poor, he was also the patron saint of ecology. Pope Francis spoke out and gave unprecedented prominence on environmental issues.
In 2015, months before a landmark UN climate conference in Paris, he published the papal encyclical which drew powerful scientific and moral arguments on the need to care for Earth - and of the urgency to fight global warming.
The effects of global warming on people - primarily the poor - and biodiversity were devastating. And the rich world bore a disproportionate share of the blame
Later in his papacy, Francis said the world's climate was nearing "breaking point". He called for an accelerated transition away from fossil fuels towards renewables.
The Pope denounced consumerism - the throwaway culture - and a system of plundering the Earth's resources that prioritised short-term gain and private interests.
The question he posed: what kind of world do we want to leave our children?
Image source, ReutersChina is yet to make an official statement about the Pope’s death.
The relationship between the Vatican and China has long been a testy one. The issue of who appoints bishops has been at the heart of a dispute since China first broke off diplomatic ties with the Holy See in 1951.
Beijing has long insisted that the state must approve the appointment of bishops in China, contrary to the Catholic Church's insistence that it is a papal decision.
But in 2018, both parties agreed on a historic deal, allowing Beijing some control over which bishops are appointed in the country. This was extended in November last year.
At the time, the Vatican said it remained dedicated to “respectful and constructive dialogue” with Beijing.
But Human Rights Watch said the extension of the deal was tantamount to the Vatican “endorsing the Chinese government’s perversion of religions”. China's constitution guarantees religious freedom, but in practice, religious activities are tightly controlled.
Former Bishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen, who was arrested under the Beijing-imposed national security law in 2022, had in 2018 said the deal constituted the Vatican "selling out" the Catholic Church in China.
Image source, Getty ImagesFilipina journalist Maria Ressa, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 for her press freedom advocacy in the Philippines, described herself as a "wayward Catholic" who was "absolutely" changed by Pope Francis.
She recalled the times she had met the pope during events organised by his Fratelli tutti Foundation. She had been looking forward to their gathering again this year "because it was nourishing not just for the mind, it was nourishing for the soul".
"Pope Francis, despite the scrutiny of journalism, chose me, chose a journalist to be the first speaker. And I was probably far more political than he would have wanted, but there I was in that same space," she said of her attendance at the Jubilee of the World of Communications held at the Vatican in January.
"And as the church now finds the next Pope, I hope that it's able to keep this kind of progressive bent".