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VATICAN CITY >> Thousands of people poured into St. Peter’s Basilica today to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, whose body is lying in state for three days ahead of his funeral on Saturday.

Unsurprisingly, the pope's death quickly joined the growing roster of events the long-running series is said to have predicted.