Long lines began to form from early morning waiting for the basilica to open and many were able to attend the coffin of the coffin from the chapel of Santa Marta to San Pedro
Thousands of faithful who waited for hours the opening of the Basilica of San Pedro to give their last goodbye to Pope Francis began to enter in an orderly manner and stop some moments before the coffin.
The Basilica will remain open from this Wednesday until midnight and tomorrow will open again until Friday at 7:00 at night when it will close to begin the rite of the closure of the coffin.
In front of the tomb of San Pedro
Long rows began to form from early morning waiting for the basilica to open and many were able to attend the coffin of the coffin from the chapel of Santa Marta to San Pedro.
Vatican News
The faithful were able to access only after the cardinals, bishops and the Vatican staff gave their last goodbye.
The coffin was placed in front of the tomb of San Pedro, in front of the imposing Bernini Bernini, and the area has been cordoned for so that people are located at a certain distance.
Transfer ceremony
The transfer ceremony of the coffin of Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88, of the Chapel of Santa Marta, began at 9.00 local time (7.00 GMT) from which it was his residence, to the Basilica of San Pedro.
Vatican News
The procession toured the Plaza de Santa Marta and the Plaza de los Protomartirs Romanos and crossed the arc of the bells until it went to the Plaza de San Pedro and entered the Vatican Basilica through the central door.
The coffin was preceded by the cardinals present in Rome while closed the procession the people who were closest to the pontiff, their secretaries and their assistants.
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With information from the EFE agency
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