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From then, he will lie in an open casket in the basilica, where mourners can pay their respects ahead of his funeral on Saturday.

It is a view shared by Alejandra Castro, a social worker who was among the mourners who gathered on Monday night at Buenos Aires cathedral.

Instead, mourners will be invited to pay their respects while his body remains inside the coffin, with the lid removed.

Many mourners held portrait photographs of the people they had lost.

Hundreds of mourners are expected to attend the service at Cardiff's Llandaff Cathedral, including senior politicians past and present.