The funeral ceremony of the Pope Francis will be held on Saturday, April 26 on St. Peter’s Square. This was reported on Tuesday in the Vatican.
“On Saturday, April 26, at 10 o’clock on the square in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, a memorial message about Papa Francis according to the cure of burial of the Roman dads will be completed,” follows the message of the press service of the Holy See.
The funeral liturgy will be headed by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, the message says.
It is reported that at the end of the Eucharist, the rites of the last farewell and parting words will be performed. Then the coffin of the Pope will be transferred to the Basilica of St. Peter, and from there to the basilica of Santa Maria-Majore for burial.
Earlier, Pope Francis in his spiritual testament asked him to bury him in the Roman basilica Santa Maria-Majore. In accordance with the wishes and orders of Pope Francis, it is expected that the funeral will be modest.
It is expected that many world leaders will be present at the farewell ceremony.
The body of the pope can be exposed for farewell to the Cathedral of St. Peter on the morning of April 23.
The ritual of death statement and the position in the coffin of the remains of Pope Francis took place on April 21 in the chapel on the ground floor of the Holy Martha House.
Pope Francis died in his residence in the Vatican on April 21 at the age of 88.
In February, the Pope Francis transferred severe bronchitis and was hospitalized on the 14th Jamelli Hospital in Rome, where he was diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia. The treatment lasted 38 days and the pontiff was discharged on March 23.
After the dad’s discharge, the Francis was prescribed a two -month recovery period. One of his doctors, Professor Sergio Alfieri, said in an interview with Corriere Della Sera on March 25, that during treatment, the pontiff was twice on the verge of death.
Cardinal Joseph Farrell, on April 21, said that Pope Francis died at 07.35 local time. In the evening of the same day, Vatican said that the cause of the death of the pope was a stroke, coma and irreversible heart failure.