Premier Giorgia Meloni's cabinet has
declared five days of national mourning following Pope Francis's
death on Monday, Civil Protection Minister Nello Musumeci said
on Tuesday.
The mourning will run until Saturday, the day of the late
pontiff's funeral in St Peter's Square.
Musumeci clarified that the ceremonies organized for Italy's
Liberation Day national holiday on Friday will be allowed to go
ahead in "sobriety".
Italy marks Liberation Day on April 25 each year to celebrate
the country's liberation from Fascism and the Nazi occupation at
the end of World War II.
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