On Saturday morning, visitors followed the funeral ceremony in Rome in the Live cathedral. The broadcast started at 10 am; The doors opened from 9 a.m.
Visitors could not only follow the ceremony together, but also express personal honor: they wrote their condolences in the funeral register, put on candles and took prayer cards with a special farewell prayer. Bishop Lode Aerts was also present. He emphasizes the band that the Pope had with Bruges: “There has always been a good relationship of Pope Francis with the city. I have heard that several times. The first thing he asked with his typical accent when I met him was:”How are you in Bruges? ” When he still worked as a Jesuit, he often came here. “