The Vatican has decided that the funeral for Pope Francis will take place on Saturday, April 26 at 10:00 local time in Rome.
A Cardinals meeting at the Vatican decided the time and date, while confirming the visualization of the public, it can begin on Wednesday.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of the Vatican (Prime Minister), is praying next to the body of Pope Francis in the city of the Vatican, on April 21, 2025. The deceased spiritual leader of the Catholic Church is located in the chapel of the House of Guests of Santa. (Francesco Sforza/Vatican Media/Anadolu through Getty Images)
The BBC reports that papal funerals traditionally have elaborate bone issues, but Pope Francis acted last year to simplify their arrangements. The departure continued:
He will be the first Pope in more than a century not to be buried in the Vatican, in the crypt of the Basilica of San Pedro, opting instead to rest in the Basilica of Rome or in St Mary Major, near his favorite icon of Madonna.
He also requested to be buried in a simple wooden coffin, unlike his predecessors that were buried in the traditional three nesting coffins acts of cypress, lead and oak.
The funeral of Pope Francis will take place outdoors in front or the Basilica of San Pedro.
The dean of the Cardinals College, Giovanni Battista Re, will direct the service, according to the BBC report.
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At the end of the funeral, RE will deliver the final recommendation, a final sentence where the Pope will formally int; And the body moved for burial.
Pope Francis, who was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936 in Buenos Aires, died early in the morning in his residence at the Santa Marta del Vatican house, as Breitbart News reported.
The body of Pope Francis is in the state in the chapel of Casa Santa during the death certification rite presented by Cardinal Kevin Farrell on April 21, 2025 in the city of the Vatican, Vatican. (Vatican media through Vatican Pool/Getty images)
It will be tasks for the Basilica of San Pedro on Wednesday morning before the funeral ceremony, where its coffin will do to the burial so that the public present its respects.
In its final testament, Francis specific would be buried in the Basilica Mayor of Santa Maria outside the Vatican and home of its favorite icon of the Virgin Mary.