Three days of public visualization that begins before the funeral of the Pontiff on Saturday.
Pope Francis’s coffin has been tasks for the Basilica of San Pedro, where he will remain for three days of public visualization.
The coffin of the Argentine Pontiff, who died Monday at age 88, left the residence of Casa Santa on Wednesday morning surrounded by cardinal boxes and Swiss guards, taken to the main entrance of the basilica in the city of Buldican.
The masses of the faithful Catholics meet in the Plaza de San Pedro, which leads to the Basilica, to respect Francis, who is remembered for his humble style, a group for the poor and insistent prayers for peace.
“A service is on the side” inside the Basilica, reports Jonah Hull from Al Jazeera of the city of the Vatican. “The faithful are waiting for their opportunity to enter the central doors a little later to present adjustments [Francis’s] Coffin. “
The public can see Francis’s body in the state for three days, before his funeral on Saturday. The Basilica will be open until midnight on Wednesday and Thursday, with the public duel that ends Friday at 7pm [17:00 GMT].
Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who directs the Vatican temporarily until a new Pope is chosen, directed the procession, with incense clouds that preceded it when the church choir began to sing the litany of the anthem of the saints.
Within the Basilica, Francis’s coffin is not putting himself in a high beer, as was the case with past potatoes, but placed on the main altar of the 16th -century basilica, simply in front of the banks.
The Italian police have pressed the security for observation and funeral, making patrols of feet and horses around the Vatican, where the pilgrims continued to arrive for the celebrations of the Holy Year that Francis opened in December. The faithful who walk through San Pedro Santo for granting indulgences, a way of helping to atone for sins.
“For me, Pope Francis represents a great shepherd, as well as a great friend for all of us,” Micale Sales said, visiting the Basilica of San Pedro from Brazil.
“I think he spread a positive message worldwide, saying that a violence should go, there should be peace worldwide,” said Amit Kukreja, from Australia.
The funeral, ready for Saturday at 10 am [8:00 GMT] In St Peter’s Square, numerous world leaders will attend, including the president of the United States, Donald Trump, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyy.
The cardinals continue their meetings this week to plan the conclave to choose Francis’s successor and make other decisions about the Catholic Church as world leaders and the faithful cry their death.
‘We have lost our leader’
The first Latin American pontiff in history loved the world with its humble style and group for the poor, but alienated many conservatives with criticism of capitalism and climate change. The last one appeared in public on Sunday with a blessing of Easter and a Popemobile tour through a crowd that cheered in St Peter’s Square.
He had some reservations about going through the place full of 50,000 faithful news, Vatican News, he reported on Tuesday, but surpassed them, and was Tharful of having received the crowd. He died the next morning.
“The death of a Pope is not something small, because we have lost our leader,” said Julio Henrique from Brazil. “But still, in a few days, we will have a new leader. Then … hope remains. Who will assume Peter’s throne?”