Mass for eternal rest for The first in the history of Pope Argentine attracted to the basilica over a thousand people. Among them was the vice president of the country Victoria Villaruel, representatives of local authorities and the Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel.
Argentina. Farewell to Pope Francis. Crowds at the service
Archbishop Jorge Garcia Cuerva, the Metropolitan of Buenos Aires, described the service. The Pope's departure as “the death of the Father of us all”. “Franciszek showed the need for reforms and transparency of the Church, for which some criticized him,” he said.
– The Pope did not silence the problems, but put them on the table and suggested that humanity take responsibility for them (…) he would not cover them, but put them on the table to evoke debates and discussions – said Garcia Cuueva, mentioning the issue of exclusion in this context.
Earlier, on Monday morning, Garcia Cuueva celebrated a mass for Francis in the Metropolitan cathedral of Buenos Aires. Services involving crowds of the faithful were also held in other cities of the countryincluding in Cordoba and La Placi, the capital of the province of Buenos Aires.
After the death of Franciszek, the authorities of Argentina ordered seven -day national mourning.
Pope Francis is dead. The Holy Father was 88 years old
On Monday, Easter Vatican informed about the death of Pope Francis. The Holy Father died at 7:35 am at the age of 88.
In the evening press release of the Holy See, it was reported that the reason for the pope's death was stroke, coma and irreversible circulatory failure. Also On Monday evening his body was laid in the casket. The rite of the official death of the death of the church of the church took place in the chapel of the House of Saint Marta in the Vatican.
In a will revealed by the Holy See, Pope Francis emphasized that He would like to be buried in the Roman basilica of Our Lady. He also pointed out that he wanted to be buried “in the ground, without special decorations”, but with the inscription of his papal name in Latin: Francis.