Its coffin was not placed in a high catafalco, as was the case with previous potatoes, but simply placed in a tilted ramp before the main altar of the 16th -century basilica.
Pope Francis’s body is in the Basilica of San Pedro after being transferred during a procession this Wednesday, will remain there for three days until his funeral that will take place next Saturday and thousands of people attended to fire him.
After the procession, once inside the basilica, His coffin was not placed in a high catafalcoas was the case with previous potatoes, but it simply placed in a ramp inclined before the main altar of the 16th -century basilica, in the face of the banks, with four Swiss guards standing next to them.
The disposition responded to Francisco’s own wishes that all rituals surrounding a papal funeral were simplified and reflected the role of the Pope as a simple pastor, not a world leader.
Before the procession, the Camarlengo Kevin Farrell, said: “Let’s thank the Lord for the innumerable gifts that he has granted the Christian people through his servant Pope Francis. Let’s ask him in his mercy and goodness that grant the deceased an eternal home in the kingdom of heaven and that he comforts with heavenly hope, to the papal family, to the church of Rome, to the church of Rome, to the church everyone”.
Ceremony in the Basilica of San Pedro
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Then, in the Basilica of San Pedro, Farrell presided over the service known as the word liturgy which allowed attendees to present their respects to the Pope and The shrimp distributed holy water over Francisco’s body.
The service included a reading of the Gospel of John, in which Jesus tells God: “I made your name known and I will continue to make it known, so that the love with which you have loved me is in them, and I in them.”
Meanwhile, from the Vatican office they reported that, after three days of wake, Francisco’s funeral will take place outdoors, in the Plaza de San Pedro next Saturday, April 26 at 10 (Italy time) in which it will be the first day of the novelty.
The exequial mass of Pope Francis will be in the atrium of the Basilica, according to the Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis, the exequial liturgy will be chaired by Cardinal Dean Re, then the coffin will be transferred to the Basilica of San Pedro and from there to the Basilica of Santa María the Major for its burial.
Source: Ambito
