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Pope Francis’s Coffin Sealed Ahead of Requiem Mass and Funeral Procession

The late pontiff’s body will remain overnight in St. Peter's Basilica before a requiem mass Saturday morning, followed by a burial at Santa Maria Maggiore, marking the first papal interment outside Vatican walls in over a century.

Der vatikanische Zeremonienmeister Erzbischof Diego Giovanni Ravelli bedeckt das Gesicht des verstorbenen Papstes Franziskus mit einem Seidentuch, bevor er seinen Sarg schließt
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Overview

  • Pope Francis, who passed away on Easter Monday at the age of 88, was honored by approximately 250,000 mourners during his public lying-in-state at St. Peter’s Basilica from Wednesday to Friday.
  • His coffin was sealed in a private ceremony attended by senior cardinals, clergy, and relatives, led by Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell.
  • An official certificate commemorating Pope Francis’s life, emphasizing his humanity and universal fatherhood, was placed inside the coffin as part of Catholic tradition.
  • A requiem mass is scheduled for Saturday at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, with numerous global leaders expected to attend.
  • Following the mass, a six-kilometre funeral procession will transport the coffin to Santa Maria Maggiore, the late pope’s favorite church in Rome, for burial outside Vatican walls, a first in over 100 years.