Pope Francis will be exposed in the Basilica of San Pedro for the tribute of the faithful.
The transfer of the body of Pope Franciswho died Monday at age 88, Vatican Basilica For the tribute of all the faithful, it could take place this Wednesday, April 23, the Vatican press office reported.
The modalities and confirmation of the transfer to the body’s basilica for exposure to the faithful from the chapel of the Santa Marta housewhere Francisco resided, will be established and communicated tomorrow, after the first congregation of the cardinals, added a note of the Vatican.
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Special provisions for the funeral of Pope Francis
In the congregations of the cardinals, which today have been called to Rome to participate in these preparatory meetings, they will have to choose the dates for the funeral and for the start of the conclave.
Francisco will be exposed as the previous potatoes against the Baldaquino de San Pedroalthough the Argentine pontiff left some different provisions for funeral, as read in the new edition of the Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis.
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The so -called “three stations” are maintained, the steps after the death of a pontiff, although in the first it is indicated that the finding of death will be carried out in its private chapel, instead of in the room. Immediately, the body will be deposited in a single wooden coffin with zinc interior, before being transferred directly to the basilica.
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A funeral without traditional symbols
Previously, the body of dad He moved to the chapel of Apostolic Palace, since the pontiff resided there. However, Francisco lived in the residence of the Santa Marta houseso this step has been eliminated.
Some passages of the so -called Second Station have also been specified: as the deposition in the coffin has already taken place after the finding of death, the coffin closes the eve of the exequial mass.
In the Vatican Basilica, the body of the deceased Pope is exposed directly in the open coffin, but not in a catafalco as it was done so far. Nor will the papal staff be placed next to the coffin during this exhibition.
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Finally, in the third station, which includes the transfer of the coffin to the sepulcher and burial, the tradition of burying the potatoes in three coffins is eliminated: one of cypress, a second lead and a third of oak or other wood.
