#JUST IN: First Images of Pope Released

The Vatican has just released a set of photos showing Pope Francis's body lying in state at the Chapel of Santa Marta in Vatican City during the rite of the Confirmation of the Death of the Pontiff.

The images show him in his bishop's miter lying in a wooden casket, in red vestments,with the Vatican secretary of state praying over him in the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta hotel where he lived.

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The picture was of the ritual to confirm the death.

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