Overview

• Pope Francis’s body continues to lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica, with over 60,000 mourners visiting in the first 26 hours.
• The funeral is scheduled for Saturday, April 26, at 10 a.m. local time in St. Peter’s Square, with an estimated 200,000 attendees expected.
• Cardinal Kevin Farrell will preside over the sealing of the coffin on Friday evening, marking the end of public viewing.
• The late pope will be buried at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, honoring his request for a simple tomb outside the Vatican.
• World leaders, including Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, Volodymyr Zelensky, and Prince William, will attend, as security and logistical measures are heightened.