Vatican City – Thousands of people beg through the Basilica of San Pedro to present their final respects to Pope Francis On Wednesday at the beginning of three days of public visualization before its funeral.
The crowds of the faithful reached the main altar of the 16th -century Basilica, where Francis’s open wooden coffin was perched, while the Swiss guards were in attention. Around the next few days, the tens of thousands of people are expected to pass, and the Vatican said it can extend the spectator equally longer hours due to high participation. In the first 8 1/2 horses, 19,430 people presented their respects to the Pope.
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Francis was presented with red tunics, pressing a rosary and with the miter of a bishop, the traditional pointed headdress. The mourners waited hours to get to the coffin, which was behind a cord. Some heroes of their cell phones on high as they approached to take photos in what has become a modern ritual.
“He gave me chills,” said Ienes Bianco, while she left. He was in Rome from the southern city of toasts for medical care, and came to give him his respect. “It was important for me because he encouraged coexistence. He brought together many people.”
The Pope’s body was transferred to San Pedro on Wednesday early to lie in the state so that the faithful Catholics give their respect to the Argentine Pontiff Remember Det for their Hume style, concern for the poor and insistent prayers for peace.
The fault carriers attended the simple wooden coffin on their shoulders through the doors of the Vatican arch, towards the Plaza de San Pedro and the Basilica, with a procession of cardinals in Sotos de scarlet and Swiss slowly in its gold and blue gold.
Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who directs the Vatican temporarily until a new Pope is chosen, directed the procession, with incense clouds when the church choir began to sing the litany of the anthem of the saints.
Francis’s coffin was in a high beer, as was the case with past potatoes, but placed on a ramp, in front of the banks. He agreed with his wishes so that the rituals surrounding a papal funeral were simplified to reflect his belief that the role of the Pope is that of a simple pastor, not world leader.
Cardinals, meanwhile, privately to finish preparations for Saturday’s funeral and plan the conclave to choose Francis’s successor.
Heads of state are expected to Saturday of Francis’s funeral In St. Peter’s Square, but the three days of public visualization are largely so that common Catholics cry to the 88 -year -old Pope, who He died on Monday Then, the Vatican said he had a Stroke and heart failure.
Francis was for the first time in the state in Santa Marta Domus in a private view for the residents of the Vatican and the papal home.
Images released by the Vatican On Tuesday, Francis was shown in an open coffin, with the traditional pointed headdress of Red Bishops and Tunics, his hands folded on a rosary. The number 2 of the Vatican, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, was photographed praying for Francis.
His body was transferred from his residence at Casa Santa Marta, where he died. The coffin will remain open until midnight on Wednesday and Thursday to allow the faithful to cry. The public mourning period will end Friday at 7 pm
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Francis’s coffin did not put himself in a high beer, as was the case with the past potatoes, but he was placed on the main altar of the 16th -century basilica, simply in front of the banks.
The Italian police have pressed the security for observation and funeral, making patrols of feet and horses around the Vatican, where the pilgrims continued to arrive for the celebrations of the Holy Year that Francis opened in December.
The funeral will attend leaders, including President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyy.
The funeral mass will be celebrated by the Dean of the Faculty of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista Re. The papal funeral is divided into Three separate phasesor “stations”. They are the preparation of the body, the visualization of the body and then the burial.
The cardinals continue their meetings this week to plan the conclave to choose Francis’s successor and make other decisions about the Catholic Church as world leaders and the ordinary faithful cry their death.
The first Latin American pontiff in history loved the world with its humble style and group for the poor, but alienated many conservatives with criticism of capitalism and climate change.
The last one appeared in public on Sunday with a blessing of Easter and a Popemobile tour through a crowd that cheered in the Plaza de San Pedro.
Church officials also shared some Details about the last hours of the Popedescribing “a discreet, almost sudden death, without public suffering or alarm.”
