{"id":20301,"date":"2025-04-22T09:48:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T09:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pope-francis-funeral-date-announced-by-vatican-as-first-images-of-his-body-released\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T09:48:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T09:48:31","slug":"pope-francis-funeral-date-announced-by-vatican-as-first-images-of-his-body-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pope-francis-funeral-date-announced-by-vatican-as-first-images-of-his-body-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis&#8217; funeral date announced by Vatican as first images of his body released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-dies-age-88-catholic-church\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Pope Francis<\/a><\/span>&#8216; funeral has been scheduled for 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. EDT) on Saturday  at St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica, the Vatican announced Tuesday, following a meeting of the College of Cardinals at the Catholic Church&#8217;s city-state headquarters in the heart of Rome. The coffin carrying the pope, who\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-death-health-challenges\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">died Monday morning<\/a><\/span>\u00a0after suffering a stroke and heart failure at the age of 88, will be brought in a procession Wednesday morning, accompanied by cardinals, to St. Peter&#8217;s from his residence at Casa Santa Marta, where he died.<\/p>\n<p>The pope&#8217;s body was laid to rest Monday in a coffin in the chapel of his Santa Marta residence. The<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Vatican released the first photos and video on Tuesday of Francis in his coffin, wearing a red robe with the papal mitre on his head and a rosary intertwined in his hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/22\/542033dc-1c95-4e21-8e69-076687c327b0\/thumbnail\/1240x806\/d47591f74d0edfba8388eee8f321c622\/pope-francis-coffin-santa-marta-cu.jpg?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa#\" alt=\"pope-francis-coffin-santa-marta-cu.jpg \" height=\"806\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Pope Francis&#8217; body is seen in a coffin in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence at the Vatican, where the late pontiff resided and then died at the age of 88, on April 21, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Handout\/Vatican News service<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The images showed cardinals and other church officials performing what the Vatican said was the formal Confirmation of the Pope&#8217;s Death and praying over his body.<\/p>\n<p>The interim administrator of the Vatican, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, an Irish-American who will play a major role in the funeral and subsequent conclave events in the coming weeks, will preside over the procession and the ritual transfer of the pope&#8217;s body to St. Peter&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>The pontiff will lie in state ahead of his funeral at the basilica from Wednesday morning, the Vatican said. The funeral will be celebrated by the dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista Re.<\/p>\n<p>The papal funeral is broken down into <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-funeral-stations-burial\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">three separate phases<\/a><\/span>, or  &#8220;stations.&#8221; They are the preparation of the body, the viewing of the  body, and then the burial.<\/p>\n<h2>Who will come to Pope Francis&#8217; funeral?<\/h2>\n<p>The funeral at St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica on Saturday funeral will draw &#8220;Patriarchs, Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops, and priests from across the globe,&#8221; the Vatican said. It will also be attended by a number of world leaders and other dignitaries.<\/p>\n<p>The pope&#8217;s coffin will be carried through the 500-year-old basilica&#8217;s so-called &#8220;door of death&#8221; to the left of the main altar, and a single bell will toll. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>President Trump said Monday that he and first lady Melania would attend, as did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and France&#8217;s Emmanuel Macron.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s government indicated Tuesday that no decisions had been made regarding which officials might attend the service at the Vatican.<\/p>\n<h2>What happens after Pope Francis&#8217; funeral?<\/h2>\n<p>After the funeral Mass at St. Peter&#8217;s, Pope Francis&#8217; coffin will be taken to the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, where he will be entombment. The pope chose to be buried at the smaller basilica, which is about four miles away, outside the Vatican walls. He prayed at St. Mary&#8217;s often, before and after international trips during his 12-year pontificate.<\/p>\n<p>Between 15 and 20 days after the pope&#8217;s death, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholic-hierarchy.org\/bishop\/scardc3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cardinal Electors<\/a>\u00a0will gather at the Vatican and seal themselves off from the world behind closed doors for the papal conclave, the centuries-old process of choosing the next pope.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Only cardinals under the age of 80 \u2014 currently a group of about 135 \u2014 are eligible to vote in a conclave.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the Vatican&#8217;s Sistine Chapel, the cardinals will cast ballots for their choice to lead the church, repeating the process until <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/who-will-be-the-next-pope-list-of-possible-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">a candidate<\/a><\/span> emerges with a two-thirds-plus-one majority. 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