The first photos of Pope Francis in the open coffin – on Saturday the funeral, tomorrow the transfer of the corpse to Saint Peter

On Saturday, at 10:00 in the morning Italy (11:00 am) will be the funeral of Pope Francis, as the Vatican announced. Pontiff’s body is to be transferred to the royal church of St. Peter tomorrow at 09:00, local time. The popular pilgrimage is going to last until Friday. The funeral will be attended by leaders from all over the world before the subsequent centurion for the election of the new head of the Roman Catholic Church. Franciscus, 88, died on Monday after a stroke and cardiac arrest, as the Vatican announced, ending a often hectic leadership in which he repeatedly clashed with the traditional and defended the poor and marginalized. Pontiff spent five weeks in the hospital earlier this year due to double pneumonia. But he returned to his home in the Vatican almost a month ago and seemed to recover, appearing on St. Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday. His sudden death set in motion […]
Source: News Beast

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