Pope Francis’s funeral to take place on Saturday, says Vatican

The funeral of Pope Francis will be held on Saturday at 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT) in front of St. Peter’s Church, says the Vatican.

The date was determined after the Cardinals met in the Vatican city on Tuesday morning to discuss the timing of the funeral.

Before the funeral, the body of Pope Francis will fall into an open coffin in the Church of Saint Peter from Wednesday morning, where mourners will be able to push their respect to the late ink.

A greeting from all over the world poured out after the death of Pope Francis on Easter on Monday, Monday.

The body of Pope Francis is currently in the residence chapel in Santa Marta, where he lived during the 12 -year -old papacy.

The Vatican said that his body would be transferred from Santa Marta to Bachelaica St. Peter in a procession starting at 09:00 local time on Wednesday.

Before the transfer, he will lead the moment of prayer Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who behaves in the name Camelingo The person who runs the Vatican after the death or resignation of the Pope.

Cardinal Farrell will lead to St. Peter, starting from St. Martha Square and ends in Saint Peter Square before entering the church through the central doors.

After entering the church, the Cardinal Farrell will lead the Mass for the word, before the church opens to visitors to pay their respect.

Pot tradition, there will be no special offer for the Paradox, at the request of Pope Francis. Also, the coffin of the Pope will not be raised on the base of the statue.

The Holy See said that the funeral of the Pope will be held in the square in front of the Church of St. Peter on Saturday, starting at 10:00 local time.

The service will be led by the Dean of the College of Cardinal, Cardinal Giovanni Batista.

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By 08:30, bishops will meet bishops and bishops in the Constantine pavilion, next to the basilica, and wearing ritual clothes including a simple white metric.

At the same time, the priests will gather in Saint Peter’s Square, wearing red.

By 09:00, the patriarchs and crushers will gather in the Church of St. Sebastian, in Basilica, wearing a white Damascene.

The Catholic News Agency stated that the service will end with the final praise and pledge, which represents the beginning of nine days of mourning for the Pope.

The ink corpse will then be taken inside the church before being transferred to St. Mary Megor Basilica in Rome for burial.

Pope Francis, who chose to expand the scope of some of his predecessors and former parties, requested that he be buried in St. Mary Megur instead of his narration in the Church of St. Peter – which made him the first Pope not buried in St. Peter for more than a century.

He also requested his burial on one wooden coffin, unlike his predecessors, who were buried in the three traditional interrelated coffins.

The funeral is expected to attract huge crowds from all over the world.

The heads of state and kings will travel to Italy for this event. Among those who have already announced their presence, US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron.

The funeral announcement was not long after the official photos of the Pope’s body were launched by the Vatican, and he showed him a yoga in a wooden coffin wearing a red garment with the papal miter on his head and a pool in his hand.

After the funeral, the Cardinad tour will be held to elect the back. The Dean of the College of Cardinals has 15 to 20 days to summon the Cardinals to Rome as soon as the Pope was buried.

Pope Francis died with a stroke on Monday less than 24 hours after he appeared on a wheelchair in Saint Peter Square to lead the Easter title in front of thousands of worshipers.

His death followed a period of health he saw five weeks in the hospital with double pneumonia.

He was born in Argentina, and was elected first Pope in Latin America in 2013.