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Pope Francis died early Easter Monday, less than twelve hours after the last evening Masses had been offered in Roman parishes. On Easter Sunday evening, the assigned Gospel passage is from Luke 24, in which the disciples on the road to Emmaus meet the Risen Jesus. When the late Holy Father's body is transferred to St. Peter's Basilica on April 23, Emmaus will be read again at Masses offered there, the assigned passage for Easter Wednesday.