The pontiff's funeral follows the three days of public viewing of his body inside the basilica, which was kept open all night to accommodate the staggering flock of mourners who came to pay their final respects.
While Francis' funeral processions have broken with tradition in a variety of ways — including allowing the public to view his body — the mass will involve a series of longtime Catholic symbols and ceremonies.
Military officials said 1,644 bodies have been pulled from the destruction of hundreds of buildings that came crashing down during the 7.7 magnitude quake the day before.
A stinky-handed vandal smeared feces on the statue in Edmonton after the hockey great garnered ire for maintaining his close friendship with Canada's newest enemy.
Czech President Petr Pavel, a vocal backer of Kyiv who has led an effort to source more than one million artillery shells for Ukraine's war effort, was in the port city for talks with regional officials at the time of the strikes.
Carney, 59, overwhelmingly won the race to lead the country’s federal Liberal party on Sunday after taking home 86% of the ballots, making him the first outsider with no real political background to become Canadian prime minister.