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As the Vatican announces that the funeral of Pope Francis will take place on Saturday at 10am local time, world leaders, representatives of other religions and the Catholic faithful around the world have been reacting to the death of the pontiff on Monday, 21 April.

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It comes after a national conference of Catholic bishops in the United States rejected the concept of gender transition

Vatican office adds there must be no ‘situations in which there is a risk of generating a public scandal’

In the United States, the national conference of Catholic bishops rejects the concept of gender transition, leaving many transgender Catholics feeling excluded

Pope Francis called on Catholic leaders to make the Church more welcoming for all, as he opened a global gathering of bishops and laypeople at the Vatican on Wednesday to discuss the future of the Catholic Church.

In a groundbreaking move, Pope Francis expresses openness to same-sex unions and women's ordination in an eight-page letter.

‘Pastoral charity should permeate all our decisions and attitudes,’ Pope Francis says

In a letter to conservative cardinals, the pope suggested that such blessings for same-sex unions could be studied if they didn't confuse the blessing with sacramental marriage.