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A television network had access to the most private corners of the Vatican and showed what the residence of the potatoes is like.
Faithful enter the Basilica of San Pedro to fire Pope Francis, in the city of the Vatican. (Free Press Photo: EFE)
While the Catholic Church gets ready to fire Pope Francis, who died at 88 on Monday, April 21, millions of people wonder what the Vatican is, a small state that becomes the residence of the Supreme Pontiff.
The Univisión News chain had access to the most private and surprising corners of the Vatican, which will be the scene of the next conclave that will bring together all the world’s cardinals to choose Francisco’s successor, the first Latin American Pope in history.
The report shows the beauty of each of the elements that are part of the Vatican and the way in which each space is administered, including museums, which, according to seven kilometers of art.
The funeral of Pope Francis will be held next Saturday, with the participation of leaders around the world, and millions of Catholics will follow the event by digital media.
Conclave
The Vatican, for now, ruled out deciding the date of the conclave to maintain the focus on the funeral.
The choice should be held in the emblematic Sistine Chapel within 15 and 20 days from his death, or before if the cardinals decide. More than two thirds of the 135 wiring voters were appointed by the late Pontiff.
The cardinals did resolved on Wednesday that the traditional nine days of mourning in the Vatican after the death of a Pope – the novelty – will begin on Saturday. The Argentine cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández will preside over the sixth day ceremony.
The authorities also imposed an aerial exclusion zone on Rome and deployed anti -products units with signal inhibition systems to prevent any suspicious activity.
Combat aircraft are on alert to intervene, while police helicopters fly over the historic center, and snipers were deployed on the roofs of the Conciliazione road – which leads to the Plaza de San Pedro – and in the nearby Janicle hill.
With AFP information.