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VATICAN. I’M JAY GRAY. NOW BACK TO YOU. JAY. THANK YOU. AND WITHIN THE LAST FEW MINUTES, A MASS IN HONOR OF THE LATE POPE FRANCIS AT THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT PAUL IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM GOT UNDERWAY. THAT IS WHERE WE FIND �������� 13. ERIN LLEWELLYN AND ERIN, MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT TODAY. GLADYS, LIKE YOU SAID, THE THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT PAUL JUST STARTED THEIR SERVICE A FEW MINUTES AGO, AND WE’VE SEEN PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL TRICKLING IN HOPING TO MAKE THEIR WAY IN TO MOURN THE LIFE OF POPE FRANCIS. NOW, WE KNOW THAT THE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH USUALLY HAS MASS ON SATURDAY, BUT THIS WILL LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. AND THAT IS BECAUSE, AGAIN, THEY ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S LEADER, THE 266 POPE. AND SO WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THIS IS EARLIER TODAY, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAD WHAT IT CALLED A SIMPLIFIED SERVICE FOR THE FORMER POPE IN ROME. NOW, MORE THAN 250,000 PEOPLE CAME TO MOURN HIS DEATH. NOW THE FORMER POPE DIED AT 88, AND SOME SAY HE’LL BE REMEMBERED FOR BEING A POPE OF THE PEOPLE. NOW, INSIDE THE CATHEDRAL EARLIER, WE SAW PEOPLE WHO WERE PREPARING FOR MASS BY PRAYING AND GOING THROUGH CONFESSIONALS. SO IT HAS BEEN KIND OF AN EMOTIONAL DAY FOR PARISHIONERS HERE AT THE CHURCH. BUT THEY SAY THAT THEY ARE HAPPY TO BE HERE AND EXCITED TO CELEBRATE THE POPE TODAY. AND THEY SAY THAT HE LIVED A LONG LIFE, BUT THEY ARE HAPPY THAT THEY CAN COME TOGETHER IN A COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO MOURN HIM TOGETHER. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A VERY SAD TIME IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH COMMUNITY. SO WE’RE GOING TO GO INSIDE OF THE CHURCH HERE, HERE IN A FEW MINUTES. I’M GOING TO TAKE YOU INSIDE THE SERVICE AT 6:00. SO MAKE SURE YOU COME BACK AND JOIN US FOR THAT SO YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED FROM THE INSIDE. BUT FOR NOW, WE ARE LIVE HE