The Vatican released on Thursday (24) new information about the sealing of Pope Francis’ coffin and the rites that will take place this Friday (25), from 15h (Brasília time), 20h (local time), in closed rite.
Pontiff will be buried by coins, medals and the minutes of the ceremony. Some prayers will be made in Latin, along with chants and readings of biblical passages.
Archbishop Diego Ravelli, Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations, will command the act, starting with the Latin reading of a minutes whose copy will be signed by the present clerics.
Then Ravelli will extend a white silk veil over Francisco’s face and bless him with holy water.
The archbishop will place the coins and medals coined during the pontificate in the coffin, with the attack containing the seal of the craft of the liturgical celebrations of the pontiff.
Following, the zinc coffin will receive the lid where the cross, the Pope’s coat of arms, and the plate with the name of the pontiff. In it will also be recorded their life and papacy.
The coffin of Zinc will then be soldered and will receive the Camerlengo seals, the Pontifical House City Hall, the craft of the liturgical celebrations of the Pontiff and the Vatican Chapter.
After that, the wooden coffin should also be closed, on the lid will be the cross and coat of arms of Francis.
The act of sealing the coffin will also mark the end of the funeral in the Basilica of St. Peter, where thousands of people pay tribute to the leader of the Catholic Church.
More than 60,000 people have passed the altar of confession, where the Pontiff’s coffin has been placed, in the last 24 hours since the basilica was opened to the faithful on Wednesday morning (23).
Funeral
On Saturday (26), with the closed coffin, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the Cardinal College, will start the funeral celebrating the Mass of Exequias (ceremony for deceased Catholics), from 5am (Brasília time), 10am (local time), in St. Peter’s Square.
Anterior papal funerals were also performed outdoors, with thousands of people following the ceremony in front of the basilica.
This will be the first day of Noveli (novenary), the nine days of mourning and prayers in honor of the Pope, in St. Peter’s Square, in front of the Basilica of St. Peter, the main Vatican.
After the ceremony, which should be attended by authorities and world leaders, the coffin will be taken back into the St. Peter’s Basilica and, from there, will follow in procession to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, where the burial ceremony will be held.
The Holy See reported on Thursday (24) that a group of poor and needy will be present in the steps leading to the place of burial to pay the last tribute to the Pontiff, following his will.
Already in the chapel, Diego Ravelli will say a new prayer in Latin, seals of the Vatican will be placed on the coffin and the coffin must be deposited in the tomb, receiving holy water then.
The notary of the Liberic Chapter wins the authentic scripture that certifies the burial and reads it to those present.
The document is then signed by the Cardinal Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, the ruler of the Pontifical House, the master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations and, finally, by the notary.
This content was originally published in know the details about the closure of Pope Francis’ coffin on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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