Watch dwell as Cardinals meet on the Vatican in Rome on Tuesday (22 April) to debate the funeral plans for Pope Francis.
Pope Francis, 88, died following a stroke that led to a coma and irreversible coronary heart failure, the Vatican has stated.
In his remaining testomony, the pontiff expressed his want to be buried at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome, and never at St Peter’s Basilica within the Vatican like many earlier pontiffs.
The will specified that Francis needed to be buried “in the ground, without particular decoration” however with the inscription of his papal title in Latin: Franciscus.
All cardinals presently in Rome have been invited to collect within the Vatican at 9am native time on Tuesday, the place they had been anticipated to make funeral plans.
The gathering of cardinals will even evaluation the day-to-day working of the Church within the interval earlier than a brand new pope is elected.
Pope Francis’ dying set in movement historic rituals, because the 1.4-billion-member Church began the transition from one pope to a different, together with the breaking of the pope’s “Fisherman’s Ring” and lead seal so that they can’t be utilized by anybody else.
“We want to thank the Lord for the gifts he has given to the whole Church with the apostolic ministry of Pope Francis, a pilgrim of hope,” stated Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, who led prayers in St Peter’s Square on Monday night.
A conclave to decide on a brand new pope usually takes place 15 to twenty days after the dying of a pontiff, which means it mustn’t begin earlier than 6 May.
Some 135 cardinals are eligible to take part within the extremely secretive poll which might stretch over days.
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