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died this morning. then, on monday morning the body will be taken inside st. peter's basilica so that the faithful from around the world can go and get their last farewell. and, on thursday january the 5th, the funeral will be held in st. peter square and he will will be led by pope francis. so, the first time that a pope leads a funeral of another pope. and, the burial will take place. the vatican said in the vatican grow to which is underneath st. peters basilica, which is where john paul the second, the last pope to dine 2005 was buried before it was moved to the last final resting place. just an interesting number for you, cory. the prefect of rome said that he expects about 60,000 people to attend. we compare that with the more than 4 million pilgrims who came down to rome for the last funeral of the pope, john paul the second in 2005, corey. we >> claudio lavanga for us.