The master ceremony of the Vatican, Diego Ravelli, reported in a statement that the coffin will be veiled in the chapel of his residence by disposition in life of the Pontiff, since before Francisco this was done in the chapel of the Apostolic Palace.
Pope Francis died Monday at his residence in the Santa Marta house, after more than two months of respiratory problems that kept him hospitalized for 38 days in the Italian capital.
The pontiff simplified in 2024 the funeral rites in the document ‘Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis’ and,, Among other things, he stipulated being veiled in the chapel of his residence and not in the palace, In addition to their body were later exposed to the faithful in an open coffin and not on a catafalco in the basilica.
With his death, with 88 years and after a difficult convalescence for his respiratory problems, he will begin the protocol that will govern his funeral and, after this, within a period not exceeding 20 days, the call for a conclave to choose a successor.
This morning the bells of San Pedro touched dead and the next step will be the rite of the finding of his death, which will be directed by Cardinal American Camarlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell, on Monday night.
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Everything will take place in his apartment of the Vatican Residence Casa Santa Marta, since since his choice in 2013 he decided not to live in the Apostolic Palace.
Then, your body will be introduced into the coffin to be veiled in the chapel of your residence.
The master ceremonie has called today to participate in the rite to all the cardinals, the relatives of the pontiff and other Vatican authorities. EFE