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Huge crowds are packed into St. Peter's Square for the funeral of Pope Francis.
Francis died Monday at age 88.
He was the first non-European pope in centuries.
NPR's Lauren Frayer is at the Vatican where dozens of foreign leaders are among the crowd,
including President Trump.
About 10 minutes before the funeral began, St. Peter's Square went silent.
There are about 200,000 people here.
Church bells rang out across the city and in St. Peter's Basilica here.
President Trump and First Lady Melania, who's wearing a black mantilla head covering,
was escorted to their seats just to the right of the altar.
Immediately after them, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was escorted in,
alone in a black suit without a tie, and applause erupted through the crowd.
The White House is confirming that Trump and Zelensky met briefly just before the funeral service began.
That meeting came after President Trump called on Ukraine and Russia to hold high-level talks on ending the war.
war.