As of this Wednesday, the faithful can give the last goodbye to Pope Francis in the Basilica of San Pedro
The funeral of Pope Francis will be held on Saturday, April 26, but the faithful will be able Vatican.
The funeral mass will be held at 10:00 am in the Vatican Square of San Pedro, located before the homonymous basilica and where the Argentine Jesuit made his last public appearance last Sunday of Resurrection.
«I saw Easter Day that the Pope was tired. He gave everything until the end, until his last respite, ”Cardinal Franco-Spanish François Bustillo, Bishop of Ajaccio, told AFP. “He left in the midst of his people,” he added.
The mortal remains of Jorge Mario Bergoglio rest for now in the chapel of the residence of Santa Marta, where he died on Monday at age 88 for a brain spill (cerebral stroke) almost a month after leaving a long hospitalization due to respiratory problems.
His body lies inside his coffin, dressed in a red casulla and white miter, a rosary in his hands and escorted by two Swiss guards, according to the first official images taken on Monday and broadcast on Tuesday.
Credits: The Vatican
According to the Italian press, the assistance of half a million faithful to the funeral is expected, together with heads of state from all over the world such as the Ukrainian Volodimir Zelenski. His Russian couple, Vladimir Putin, does not plan to attend.
One of the first to announce his assistance was the American Donald Trump, despite the clashes with Francisco about the migrants. “We are looking forward to being there!” The tycoon said on Monday, who will go with his wife Melania.
The Frenchman Emmanuel Macron and the head of the German government, Olaf Scholz, will also travel to Rome, like the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the president of the European Council, António Costa.
Credits: The Vatican
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“Thank you for bringing me back”
Unlike its immediate predecessors, Francisco chose that the Basilica of Santa María la Mayor de Roma hosts its mortal remains for eternity in a “simple” grave, where the only inscription is “Franciscus”, its name as potato in Latin.
But before their burial on Saturday, the faithful will be able to contemplate their wood and zinc coffin in the Vatican Basilica of San Pedro, where it will be transferred on Wednesday from 09h00 (07h00 GMT) from the residence of Santa Marta.
Although his state of health was fragile since his hospitalization on February 14 by bronchitis that resulted in a bilateral pneumon, his death almost a month after being discussed shocked the Catholic Church.
Hours before, there was a bathroom of crowds on the occasion of the traditional “Urbi et Orbi” blessing after consulting it with its personal nurse. “Thank you for bringing me back to the square,” he said, according to the official media Vatican News.
With EFE information
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