The funeral for Pope Francis It will take place on Saturday morning in the Vatican, after which the late leader of the Catholic Church will be buried in Rome. While the ceremony will continue many traditions developed for centuries in the history of the Church, there will also be some details chosen exclusively by Pope Francis. Look at the live ceremony here in CBS News and find answers to some of your questions about the historical event below.
What time will the funeral of Pope Francis begin?
The funeral of Pope Francis begins at 10 am local time (4 am Eastern, 1 am pacific) in the Vatican, outside the Basilica of San Pedro. The ceremony is chaired by the Dean of the Cardinals College, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re.
The funeral follows the liturgical book of the Vatican for papal funeral rites, called Ordo Exsquiarum Romani Pontificis. Pope Francis last year approved an updated edition of The Ancient Rites, changing some lung traditions for papal funerals, including the type of coffee used.
He Papal funeral It decomposes into three separate phases, or “stations” are the preparation of the body, the view of the body, and then the Burial.
Who is attending to Pope Francis’s funeral?
Pope Francis’s funeral is among thousands of public members, as well as religious leaders and heads of state around the world.
President Donald Trump And the first lady Melania Trump will attend, just like Former president Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden.
The Vatican says that there will be delegations from some 130 countries, including 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs attending, which include:
- The president of Ukraine, Volodyyyr Zelenskyy, and his wife Olena Zelenska
- Prince William of Great Britain
- United Kingling Keir Starmer’s Prime Minister
- French president Emmanuel Macron
- The president of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier
- German OLAF Scholz outgoing chancellor
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
- United Nations Secretary Antonio Guterres
- Head of the EU Ursula von der Leyen commission
- President of the European Council Antonio Costa
- The president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
- The president of Argentina, Javier Milei
- The president of the president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro
- The president of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
- President Droupadi Murmu of India
- President of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Arrange Toujade
- President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi
- President of Cabo Verde, José Maria Neves
Senator Susan Collins leads a bipartisan delegation of US Catholic senators to attend the Pope’s funeral.
Where will Pope Francis be buried?
At the end of the funeral, Cardinal Giovanni Battista will deliver the final prayer of recommendation, and then a procession will take the Pope’s coffee to the Basilica or St. Mary Major (Santa Maria Maggiore) for the burial.
In BreakPope Francis has chosen to be buried to the Vatican, in the Papal Basilica or Santa María Mayor in Rome, where he orthen went to the papacy of duration. Seven previous potatoes are buried there, but he will be the first in centuries.
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Many popes had been put within the Vatican, in the Vatican Grutas, a vault system at the lower level of the Basilica of San Pedro, but in His last will and willFrancis requested a church that had a special meaning for him.
“I want my last earthly trip to end precisely in this former Marian sanctuary, where I went to pray at the beginning and end of each apostolic trip to confidence with confidence my intentions to the immaculate mother and Thanhank.
“The grave must be on Earth; simple, without partular decoration and with the only inscription: Francisco”, Hey.
Burial rites will be directed at the site by the Camerlengo of the sacred Roman Church, Cardinal Kevin Farrell.
Among those who will meet for the arrival of the Pope’s coffin in St. Mary Major are individuals from Pope Francis’s communities, including prisoners with special permission, homeless people and victims or sex trafficking, said the Vatican.
When will they choose the next Pope?
After the funeral, nine days of mourning will begin, called novels.
Eligible cardinals under 80 years of age, currently a group of approximately 135, will meet in Rome to prepare for the Papal conclaveThe centenary process to select The next Pope. The conclave usually begins about two weeks after the death of a Pope, so in this case, probably in early May.
Duration The conclave, the eligible cardinals will be isolated and, behind the doors closed in the Vatican Sistine Chapel, will launch ballots for their choice, repeating the process until a candidate receives a majority of two more thirds. The tickets, which are paper, are burned after each voting round.
If the option has not been reached, the ballots of that round send black smoke from the fireplace while burn. When a new Pope is finally selected, a white smoke cloud is sent to indicate the transcendent news to the world.
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