{"id":20659,"date":"2025-04-24T12:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T12:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pope-lying-in-state-draws-tens-of-thousands-to-st-peters-basilica-at-the-vatican\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T12:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T12:18:09","slug":"pope-lying-in-state-draws-tens-of-thousands-to-st-peters-basilica-at-the-vatican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pope-lying-in-state-draws-tens-of-thousands-to-st-peters-basilica-at-the-vatican\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope lying in state draws tens of thousands to St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica at the Vatican"},"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><em>Vatican City<\/em> \u2014 So many <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-open-casket-funeral-date-plans-announced-vatican\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state<\/a><\/span> in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher-than-expected turnout, closing the basilica for just an hour Thursday morning for cleaning.<\/p>\n<p>The basilica closed from 6 a.m. until 7 a.m., the planned opening time and, according to French news agency AFP, thousands lined up early Thursday to pay their respects.<\/p>\n<p>The Vatican said some 48,600 people filed past <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/pope-francis\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Francis<\/a><\/span>&#8216; coffin from 11 a.m. Wednesday, when public tributes began, through 8:30 a.m. Thursday, AFP reported. Later Thursday, the Vatican put the number at 61,000, AFP said.<\/p>\n<p>The Vatican also announced that the pontiff&#8217;s tomb can be visited starting Sunday morning, AFP reported.<\/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:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/24\/b85f496c-4e3a-465a-bbba-ea3c858fa190\/thumbnail\/1240x827\/54e3c055736baffa95b3ff39e276b0e0\/gettyimages-2211050105.jpg?v=3c17db24e594e0bfc14b069a51163c10#\" alt=\"VATICAN-RELIGION-POPE \" height=\"827\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Tourists and pilgrims line up with the colonnade in the background on St Peter&#8217;s Square to pay their respects to Pope Francis in St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica on April 24, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                ANDREAS SOLARO \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The basilica is bathed in a hushed silence as mourners from across the globe make a slow, shuffling procession up the main aisle to pay their last respects to Francis, who <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-death-health-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">died Monday after a stroke and heart failure<\/a><\/span>.  <\/p>\n<p>The hours spent on line up the stately via della Conciliazione through St. Peter&#8217;s Square and through the Holy Door into the basilica enabled mourners to find community around the Argentine pontiff&#8217;s legacy of inclusion and humble persona.<\/p>\n<p>Emiliano Fernandez, a Catholic from Mexico, was waiting in line around midnight, and after two hours still hadn&#8217;t reached the basilica.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t even care how much time I wait here. It&#8217;s just the opportunity to (show) how I admired Francisco in his life,&#8221; said Fernandez, whose admiration for the pope grew during his 2016 visit to Mexico. &#8220;I think because of the respect that I have for him and the great person he was, it&#8217;s worth the wait.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Among the first-day mourners was a church group of 14-year-olds from near Milan who arrived for the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/carlo-acutis-canonization-first-millennial-saint-moved-pope-francis-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">now-suspended canonization of the first millennial saint<\/a><\/span>, as well as a woman who prayed to the pope for a successful operation and an Italian family who brought their small children to see the pope&#8217;s body.<\/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:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/24\/b8434cea-b9f3-4798-8d5a-97d83e0b1964\/thumbnail\/1240x827\/124a8d6c91f52d80048e3d627630f06e\/gettyimages-2211039248.jpg?v=3c17db24e594e0bfc14b069a51163c10#\" alt=\"The Body Of Pope Francis Is At St. Peter's For The Homage Of The Faithful. \" height=\"827\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Pope Francis lying in state in St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica on April 23, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Andrea Mancini \/ NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;We came because we didn&#8217;t bring them when he was alive, so we thought we would bring them for a final farewell,&#8221; said Rosa Scorpati, who was exiting the basilica Wednesday with her three children in strollers. &#8220;They were good, but I don&#8217;t think they really understood because they haven&#8217;t yet had to deal with death.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Like many others, the Scorpati family from Calabria was in Rome on an Easter vacation, only to be met with the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-death-easter-sunday-watch-final-public-appearance\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">news of Francis&#8217; death on Easter Monday<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>Out of devotion to the pope and his message of inclusion, the grieving faithful joined the procession of mourners that wended from St. Peter&#8217;s Square through the basilica&#8217;s Holy Door, with the repentant among them winning an indulgence, a form of atonement granted during the Jubilee Holy Year. From there, the line extended down the basilica&#8217;s central aisle to the pope&#8217;s simple wooden casket. <\/p>\n<p>After three days of public viewing, a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-funeral-stations-burial\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">funeral Mass including heads of state<\/a><\/span> will be held Saturday in St. Peter&#8217;s Square. The pope will then be buried in a niche within the St. Mary Major Basilica, near his favorite Madonna icon. <\/p>\n<p>The death of Francis, who was 88, capped a 12-year pontificate characterized by his concern for the poor and his message of inclusion, but he was also criticized by some conservatives who felt alienated by his progressive outlook. <\/p>\n<p>A <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-body-st-peters-basilica-lie-in-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">procession of priests, bishops and cardinals accompanied Francis&#8217; body Wednesday<\/a><\/span> on its journey from a private viewing inside the Vatican to St. Peter&#8217;s Square. The pageantry contrasted with the human interactions of rank-and-file mourners at the public viewing. <\/p>\n<p>Francis lay in state in an open casket, perched on a ramp facing mourners, with four Swiss Guards standing at attention. As the crowd reached the casket, many lifted their smartphones to snap a photo. <\/p>\n<p>One nun accompanying an elderly woman with a cane walked away sobbing, &#8220;My pope is gone.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Such despair was rare. 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