The Vatican selected the date of the funeral of Pope Francis, the ceremony is organized | EUROtoday

LE Vatican in mourning. After the announcement of the loss of life of Pope Francis this Monday, April 21, on the age of 88, the funeral of the sovereign pontiff are organized. The cardinals rallied Rome this Tuesday morning, to be able to take part within the normal congregations. They should talk about present affairs and future challenges for the common church for at the very least two weeks.

Convened at 9 am for his or her first assembly, the cardinals selected the date of the funeral of Jorge Mario Bergoglio. These will happen on Saturday morning, at 10 a.m. (French time), introduced the Vatican. The coffin will then be transferred to the Sainte-Marie-Majeure basilica, within the middle of Rome, the place the Pope can be buried, it’s specified within the press launch from the Holy See.

Donald Trump has already introduced, on his social community Truth, that he would go to the ceremony. “I’ll go along with Melania to the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome. We cannot wait to be there! “Wrote the American president, whose anti -migrant policy has often been criticized by the deceased head of the Catholic Church. Emmanuel Macron will also go to the funeral of the Sovereign Pontiff. “We can be on the Pope’s funeral, in fact,” the French president replied to the press during his visit to the meeting this Tuesday morning.

Read too Pope Francis in 15 kicking quotesThe Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also plans to go to the funeral of François. “The presidency awaits the date of the pope’s funeral and prepares the president’s go to to Rome to say goodbye to the Sovereign Pontiff,” said the Ukrainian president to the France-Presse agency (AFP). As with John Paul II in 2005, dozens of heads of state and crowned heads could attend this solemn ceremony.

A burial “easy” and “with out ornament”

The Vatican released, Tuesday morning, the Pope’s first images in his coffin on Tuesday. The photo, taken the day before, shows the sovereign pontiff in an open coffin during the rite of the confirmation of his death at the Sainte-Marthe chapel in the Vatican, after its beer. He holds a rosary in his hands.

The body of the pope will be presented to the faithful this Wednesday. It could be exposed, in an open coffin, at the Saint-Pierre basilica, without catafalque, in accordance with the wishes of the Argentinian Jesuit who wished to introduce more simplicity and sobriety. Unlike his predecessors, François revealed, in his will, wanting to be buried in the Sainte-Marie-Majeure basilica, a place which he liked where he used to pray.

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As for his burial, the “pope of the poor and the peripheries” needed simplicity. “The tomb must be in the ground, simple, without any particular decoration,” he wrote in his will. And with the only inscription his title in Latin: “Franciscus”.

The cardinals will then have the heavy job of electing the successor of Pope Francis in a number of weeks. His succession would be the topic of a devoted conclave, a priori in early May, when he should come up from 15 to twenty days after the loss of life of the Sovereign Pontiff.