Mourning for Francis: How is the Pope buried?

While many believers and the world mourn the late Pope Francis (1936-2025), preparations for the funeral and the choice of his successor are already underway. The rite of death determination is scheduled to take place on Monday evening.

In the morning of today Easter Monday: “This morning at 7:35 a.m., the bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the father’s house. His whole life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and his church.” The Pope had been brought to the Gemelli Clinic in Rome on February 14th. It was treated due to bronchitis, later due to pneumonia on both sides and a polymicrobial infection. Francis was released after 38 days.

On April 21, it was confirmed that in the evening the Casa Santa Marta chapel, in which the Pope wanted to recover from his serious illness, was to be made. “After the death of Pope Francis’s death, Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, treasurer of the Holy Roman Church, will be dignified this evening, Monday, April 21, 8:00 p.m. […] the rite of the death assessment and the coffin’s coffin’s coffin “,.

During the preparations for the funeral, the “Novendiale”. Francis’s body is placed in the coffin in papal robes and transferred to St. Peter’s Basilica at a later date. There the Pope’s remains are laid out in an open coffin and believers can say goodbye to Pope Francis in the coming days.

At his own request, he should not find his final resting place in St. Peter’s Basilica, but in Santa Maria Maggiore. Francis visited the icon of the Blessed Mother (“Salus Populi Romani”) over 100 times. During his lifetime, the Pope selected a side room of the basilica as a grave. Francis is buried as a seventh bishop of Rome in Santa Maria Maggiore. It is expected that numerous heads of state and government will personally pay the last honor to the Pope.

The cardinals of the church are ordered to the funeral of the Pope and the choice of its successor. However, only cardinals under the age of 80 are approved for the conclave, the choice of the new Pope. The conclave begins between 15 and 20 days after the death of a Pope, in this case in early May. A two -thirds majority is required for a successful choice of the Pope. If no candidate gets this majority, the ballot papers are burned and black smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel. If a cardinal receives the required majority, accepts the choice and selected its papal names, white smoke rises.