Pope Francis’ funeral date was announced by the Vatican as the first photo of his body was released

Pope Francis“The funeral is scheduled to be held on Saturday at 10 a.m. local time (funeral) announced Tuesday after the Cardinal College meets at the Catholic City Headquarters in the Center for Rome. The coffin carrying the pope Died Monday morning After a stroke and heart failure at the age of 88, he will be taken to St. Peter’s in his residence in Casa Santa Marta on Wednesday morning, accompanied by Cardinal.

The pontiff’s body was arranged to rest on Monday in the coffin of the church in his residence in Santa Marta. this The Vatican released the first photo and video on the coffin on Francis on Tuesday, wearing a red rosary on his head, a papal slope and a rosary in his hand.

The images show the Cardinal and other church officials performing what the Vatican says is formally confirming the Pope’s death and praying for his body.

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, an Irish-American interim administrator, will play a major role in the funeral and subsequent meeting events in the coming weeks, transferring the procession and ceremony of the pope’s body to St. Peter’s.

The Vatican said the pope will be in the state from before the funeral at the cathedral on Wednesday morning. The funeral will be celebrated by Giovanni Battista Re, the dean of the Cardinal College.

The Pope’s funeral was broken down into Three separate stagesor “radio”. They are the preparation of the body, the observation of the body, and then the burial.

Who will attend the funeral of Pope Francis?

The Vatican said Saturday’s funeral at St. Peter’s Basilica will attract “patriarchs, cardinals, archbishops and pastors from around the world”. Many world leaders and other VIPs will also attend.

The Pope’s coffin will extend to the left of the main altar through the 500-year-old Basilica’s so-called “Gate of Death” and a bell will be lost.

President Trump said on Monday that he and First Lady Melania will attend, as will Ukrainian President Vodimir Zelensky and France’s Emmanuel Macron.

The Chinese government said on Tuesday that it did not decide which officials could participate in the Vatican service.

What happened to the funeral of Pope Francis?

After the funeral of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis’s coffin will be taken to the Basilica of St. Mary in Rome, where he will be swallowed. The Pope chose to be buried in the smaller cathedral about four miles outside the Vatican walls. He often prayed at St. Mary’s, before and after his 12-year temporary trip.

Between 15 and 20 days after the Pope’s death, cardinal voters will gather in the Vatican and seal themselves from the world behind the closed world, a process of choosing the next pope for centuries.

Only Cardinals under the age of 80 (about 135 people currently) are eligible to vote in a conference.

Inside the Sistine Church in the Vatican, the Cardinal will vote to choose to lead the church, repeating the process until candidate It appears in more than two-thirds of the majority. After each round of votes, paper tickets are burned, sending out black smoke to indicate that there is no choice, and finally reveals that a new pope has been chosen.