{"id":53703,"date":"2025-04-22T21:39:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T21:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/pope-francis-funeral-to-be-held-on-saturday-26-april-at-saint-peters-basilica"},"modified":"2025-05-08T21:55:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T21:55:51","slug":"pope-francis-funeral-to-be-held-on-saturday-26-april-at-saint-peters-basilica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/pope-francis-funeral-to-be-held-on-saturday-26-april-at-saint-peters-basilica","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis\u2019 funeral to be held on Saturday 26 April at Saint Peter&#8217;s Basilica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span><b>The funeral of Pope Francis will be held on Saturday April 26 on the parvis of Saint Peter\u2019s Basilica in Vatican City, the Holy See announced on Tuesday.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Prior to the ceremony, the Pope\u2019s body will be laying in state for three days in the same Basilica. <b>Catholic faithful<\/b> are expected to come in from all over the world to pay their respects to history&#8217;s first Latin American pontiff.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis died on Monday at age 88 <b>from a stroke and irreversible heart failure<\/b>. He had long had a fragile health. At the time of his death, he was recovering after a five-week hospital stay due to pneumonia.<\/p>\n<p>The funeral liturgy will be presided over by <b>Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re<\/b>, the Dean of the College of Cardinals. Many international leaders are set to attend, including US President <b>Donald Trump<\/b> and First Lady <b>Melania Trump<\/b>, Argentinian President <b>Javier Milei<\/b> and Ukraine Head of State <b>Volodymyr Zelenskyy.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The funeral rituals will follow a simplified protocol revised by Francis himself in November 2024. The pope&#8217;s body will be placed in a wooden coffin doubled with a zinc coffin rather than the traditional three coffins made of cypress, lead and oak.<\/p>\n<p>Most notably, Francis has chosen to be laid to rest in the <b>St. Mary Major Basilica<\/b> in Rome, rather than in Saint Peter\u2019s Basilica, where most popes are buried.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinals are expected to gather in Rome in the next weeks <b>to elect a successor to Francis<\/b>. The conclave will take place in the secrecy of the Sistine Chapel.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis made his last public appearance on <b>Easter Sunday<\/b>, a day before his death.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Mauritius<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. The funeral of Pope Francis will be held on Saturday April 26 on the parvis of Saint Peter\u2019s Basilica in Vatican City, the Holy See announced on Tuesday. Prior to the ceremony, the Pope\u2019s body will be laying in state for three days in the same Basilica. 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