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(NewsNation) — The ceremonial of Pope Francis volition beryllium held Saturday, with proceedings and plans for his last resting spot expected to beryllium simpler than those of erstwhile popes.
The work volition beryllium held astatine 4 a.m. EDT successful St. Peter’s Square successful Rome. The ceremonial volition instrumentality spot aft Francis' assemblage lies successful authorities for 3 days astatine St. Peter's Basilica.
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How volition Pope Francis’ ceremonial beryllium antithetic from different popes'?
Francis’ 2024 changes to burial rites for pontiffs paved the mode for his much humble ceremonial and peculiar burial site, the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major. Located extracurricular the Vatican, the basilica is location to Francis’ favourite icon of the Virgin Mary.
A nun attends a rosary supplication for Pope Francis successful St. Peter's Square astatine the Vatican connected March 10. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)The archetypal images of Francis’ assemblage were released earlier this week aft his decease Monday. He was 88. Francis was placed successful a woody casket, successful reddish vestments and his bishop’s miter, with the Vatican caput of authorities praying implicit him successful the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta hotel, wherever helium lived and died.
Typically, popes person 3 coffins — made of cypress wood, pb and elm — that are yet stacked unneurotic and buried successful the Vatican grottoes beneath St. Peter’s Basilica.
Francis, nether the renewed rite, opted to beryllium buried successful conscionable 1 coffin: a woody casket lined with zinc. Francis’ singular coffin volition not beryllium placed connected an elevated bier, arsenic is custom, erstwhile helium arrives astatine St. Peter’s. His coffin, instead, volition simply look the basilica’s pews.
Who is expected to be Pope Francis’ funeral?
President Donald Trump said helium and archetypal woman Melania Trump program to be the funeral, and Argentine President Javier Milei‘s attendance is expected. Prince William will besides beryllium among the mourners, according to an announcement from Kensington Palace. The 42-year-old subordinate of Britain’s royal family will be the Vatican City ceremonial connected behalf of King Charles III, aggregate outlets reported.
Britain's Prince William (Benjamin Cremel/Pool Photo via AP)William, heir to the British throne, has traditionally represented the monarch astatine funerals, according to Vanity Fair.
The bureau of Polish President Andrzej Duda said Duda plans to be the ceremony. Poland has besides declared a time of nationalist mourning connected Saturday for the funeral.
Reuters has reported the pursuing satellite leaders volition besides be the funeral:
- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer
- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and archetypal woman Janja Lula de Silva
- French President Emmanuel Macron
- German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz
- Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok
- Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
- Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics
- Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda
- Romania's interim President Ilie Bolojan
- Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia
- Switzerland’s President Karin Keller-Sutter
- Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
- European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Council President Antonio Costa, Parliament President Roberta Metsola
- East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Bendito Freitas
- Belgium’s King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, and Prime Minister Bart De Wever
Vice President JD Vance volition not attend, a White House authoritative told NewsNation. Vance visited Francis during a little gathering connected Easter Sunday, the time earlier the pontiff died.
How and erstwhile did Pope Francis die?
Francis, the 266th caput of the Catholic Church, died one time aft Easter and astir a period aft his merchandise from the hospital.
His cause of death was a cerebral changeable that led to a coma and irreversible bosom failure, according to the Vatican. Francis was hospitalized successful February, staying 5 weeks with treble pneumonia that required precocious flows of oxygen and humor transfusions.
What happens aft Pope Francis’ funeral?
The pope’s decease sets disconnected the ceremonial process to prime his successor, known arsenic a conclave.
The connection conclave is derived from the Latin words “com,” meaning “with,” and “clavis,” meaning “key.” It refers to the signifier of Catholic cardinals gathering successful a closed country oregon hallway to ballot connected who should beryllium the adjacent pope.
White fume billows from the chimney connected the extortion of the Sistine Chapel indicating the College of Cardinals has elected a caller pope connected March 13, 2013, successful Vatican City. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)Per the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the conclave usually occurs astir 15 to 20 days pursuing the decease oregon resignation of a pope.
Due to governmental turmoil, it took much than 2 years to elite Pope Gregory X successful 1271. To guarantee the papal predetermination was not dragged retired successful the future, Gregory X ensured cardinals would stay unneurotic until a caller pontiff was decided.
Only cardinals nether the property of 80 are allowed to enactment successful the secretive, anonymous conclave vote.
In terms of a successor for Francis, determination are several frontrunners — oregon “papabile” — including Cardinals Peter Erdo, Reinhard Marx, Luis Tagle, Marc Ouellet and Robert Sarah, among others.
NewsNation’s Anna Kutz, Ashley N. Soriano, Patrick Djordjevic and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
