Italy launches security plan ahead of pope’s funeral

Italy launched its security plan Wednesday with hundreds of foreign delegations expected at the Vatican Saturday for Pope Francis’s funeral.

Police are patrolling the streets around the Vatican – also using drones – as well as underground stations and the stretch of the Tiber river near Via Conciliazione, the main street leading to St. Peter’s Square, which is crowded with all the pilgrims who are on their way to see Pope Francis’…