The Holy Mass is chaired by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of Cardinals Collegium. The casket will be taken for burial at the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria-Majore in Rome.
Pope Francis’s funeral will take place on Saturday April 26 and 10:00 am local time (11:00 in Kyiv). Vatican News reported this on Tuesday, April 22.
Thus, the main ceremony of worship of the Papal Liturgical worship, Archbishop Diego Ravely, said that on Wednesday, April 23, the coffin with the body of the deceased Pope Francis would be transferred from the chapel of St. Martha in the Basilica of St. Peter.
“Francis’ funeral will take place on Saturday, April 26, at 10:00. The holy mass will lead by Cardinal Jovanni Battista Re, Dean of Cardinal College. After eucharistic worship and the rituals of the final separation words, the coffin will be transferred for the Papal Maria to bury Maria Maggire for the funeral,” – says the message.
The Vatican also published a video and pictures with a pontiff in the coffin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh8odkQ6ZP0
Remember that on April 21’s morning, 88-year-old Pope Francis died at his Vatican home. According to official numbers, the cause of pontiff’s death is a stroke.
The leaders of many countries of the world are planning to come to the farewell ceremony with Francis, with US president Donald Trump – this will be his first visit to the foreigner in the second purity.
And now the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is planning a visit to the Vatican at the farewell ceremony with Pope Francis.
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