Pope Francis is dead. Official rite of finding death and folding the body to the casket

At 19:00 in the Basilica of Saint John in Lateran, a mass will begin for the pope who died in the morning. It will precede the official rite of finding the death of Francis and submitting his body to the casket. This, as announced, is to start at 20.

Pope Francis is dead. He died on Easter Monday at 7.35 in the morning. Information about his death The media circulated a few hours later. “The most expensive brothers and sisters, with deep pain, I have to announce the death of our Holy Father,” he said in a special statement Cardinal Camerling Kevin Farrell.

As indicated by the content of the later message of the Vatican, Cardinal Farrell will also lead the official rite of finding the death of the Pope and submitting his body to the casket. The dean of the Cardinal College of Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, close to the Pope, director and deputy director of the Vatican health service will also be present.

Events in Rome and the Vatican after the Pope's death

Both Farrell and the other clergy will arrive at 19.45 to the chapel of Saint Marta's House, where Franciszek lived throughout the pontificate. The rite is scheduled to start at 20.

Earlier, representatives of the Church and the faithful will be able to take part in a special mass for the deceased Pope in the Basilica of Saint John in Lateran. This is to start punctually at 19. It will be led by the vicar of the Roman diocese Cardinal Baldassare Reina.