Pope Francis will be buried on Saturday, the Vatican has
announced.
Francis died from stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday,
the Vatican said, after battling a protracted illness.
The burial of a pope typically occurs between the fourth and
sixth day after death, according to norms first established in 1966 and
reaffirmed in later ritual updates. This time frame allows for several
essential rites and traditions.
On Tuesday, the Holy See press office said Francis’ body
will be transferred to St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday to lie in state until
his funeral on Saturday morning.
Cardinal Giovanni Battista, dean of the College of
Cardinals, will preside at the funeral mass, which will be co-celebrated by
patriarchs, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, and priests from across the globe,
the statement added.
In his final wishes, Francis asked to be buried without
elaborate decoration, marked only by the inscription: Franciscus.
The pope stated that an anonymous benefactor would cover the
costs of his funeral.
His will was written in 2022.
The last pope to die in office before Francis was Pope John
Paul II, who passed on April 2, 2005.
Pope Benedict XVI, who succeeded him, resigned in 2013 — the
first pope to resign since 1294.
Benedict XVI passed away on December 31, 2022, at the Mater
Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican at the age of 95.
Francis, his successor, died at 88.
He was the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to be
ordained pope. He was also the first to take the name Francis in honour of
Saint Francis of Assisi.
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