On Friday evening there was a rite of closing and sealing the Francis coffin. Earlier, for three days, the coffin was staged in the Basilica of Saint Peter, so that the faithful could pay tribute to the Pope.
Key facts:
- For three days the coffin was staged in the Basilica of Saint Peter. A total of over a quarter of a million people paid tribute to the Pope.
- The funeral of Pope Francis will take place on Saturday after the mass at Saint Peter's Square.
- Transmission from funeral ceremonies from 9.30 on TVN24 and TVN24+.
In the evening on Friday in the Basilica of Saint Peter a wooden coffin with the body Pope Francis It was closed and sealed. The ceremony ended with a three -day exposure of Franciszek's body in the temple. A total of over a quarter of a million people paid tribute to the Pope.
After prayer and blessing the body into the papal casket, a bag with coins struck during Franciszek's pontificate and a signed notarial deed were inserted.
Source: Reuters
The rite was presided over by the Church managing during the vacancy in the Holy See Cardinal Kevin Farrell. Among others, the dean of the Kardinal College of Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Archprint of the Basilica of Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, current secretary of state of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, vicar of the Roman diocese of Cardinal Baldo Reina and papal almsman Cardinal Konrad Krajewski.
Source: Reuters
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