The ceremony on Saturday at 10 in St. Peter’s Square, heads of state and political exponents from all over the world
The funeral of Pope Francis They will take place in Rome on the churchyard of the Basilica of San Pietro, Saturday 26 April at 10 am. The Cardinal will preside over the liturgy Giovanni Battista Reas the office of the liturgical celebrations specified which he also added as after the ceremony, the coffin will be conducted in the Basilica of San Pietro and then brought to Santa Maria Maggiore for burial, as requested in his will by Pope Francis.
Pope Francis funeral in St. Peter’s Square
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“My life and the priestly and episcopal ministry I have always entrusted to the Mother of our Lord, Mary Most Holy. So, I ask that my mortal remains will rest waiting for the day of the resurrection in the papal basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore” in fact wrote in the will drawn up on June 29, 2022 Pope Francis. The Marian sanctuary was a place much loved by Pope Bergoglio where he retired to prayer at the beginning and at the end of his apostolic journey.
Pope Francis buried in Santa Maria Maggiore
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In the will the pontiff asked that his tomb is in the lateral nave Between the Paolina chapel and the Sforza chapel of Santa Maria Maggiore. Not only that, but asked that his sepulcher is on the ground, simple and without any inscription if not Franciscus. In the will specified that the expenses will be covered by an anonymous benefactor: “The expenses for the preparation of my burial will be covered with the sum of the benefactor that I arranged, to be transferred to the papal basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and of which I have given appropriate instructions to Monsignor Rolandas Makrickas “.
How the funeral of Pope Francis will take place
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Over the years Pope Francis He decided to make the rite of the papal funeral easier and sober with the intent to show that “the funeral of the Roman Pontiff are those of a shepherd and disciple of Christ and not a powerful of this world”, as explained by Archbishop Diego Ravelli, master of the liturgical celebrations, who developed the new ceremony with the Pope. The body will no longer be exposed on a catafalco, there will be no double vigilFurthermore, in the prayers it will no longer be called the Supreme Pontiff of the Universal or Sovereign Church of the State of the Vatican City, but simply Pope or Pastor. The book of the Gospels will be laid on the coffin.
the authorities
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At the funeral of Pope Francis, there will be several Italian authorities and the rest of the world. Donald Trump He announced that he will be present together with his wife Melania. The French president Emmanuel Macron has announced its presence, as well as the Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky. On the churchyard of Square San Pietro there will be the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarellathe premier Giorgia Melonithe mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri.
La Gazzetta dello Sport
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