Pope Francis’s coffin arrives at the Basilica of San Pedro for the last goodbye

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April 23, 2025April 23, 2025By Mario Vásquez
Pope Francis’s coffin arrives at the Basilica of San Pedro for the last goodbye

Pope Francis’s San Pedro Basilica.

The procession toured the Plaza de Santa Marta and the Plaza de los Protomártirtartes Romanos, crossed the arc of the bells until you reach the Plaza de San Pedro and entered the Vatican Basilica through the central door.

The coffin was preceded by the Cardinals present in Romewhile the procession closed the people closest to the pontiff: its secretaries and assistants.

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The coffin was placed in front of the tomb of San Pedroin front of the Bernini Baldaquino.

The Vatican images showed the chapel of Santa Marta, where Francisco was veiled in the last hours, with the cardinals present in Rome sitting in the banks waiting for the procession to begin towards the Vatican Basilica.

Pope Francis’s open coffin, in the Basilica of San Pedro before the altar of confession before the faithful can give him the last goodbye, this Wednesday.

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Cardinal Camarlengo, Kevin Joseph Farrell, He spread blessed water over the coffin With the mortal remains and then pronounced: “With great shock we accompany the remains of our beloved Pope Francis from this chapel to the Vatican Basilica, where he exercised his ministry as bishop of the Church of Rome and apostle of the Universal Church.”

Meanwhile, hundreds of media from all over the world captured the moment from the Braccio Di Carlomagno, the terrace on the San Pedro colonnade. The fIeles were waiting gathered next to the square to say goodbye From 11 hours local.

Inside the basilica, the bishops and cardinals were located, as well as the Vatican staff, to attend the liturgy of the word that Cardinal Camarlengo will celebrate.

The open coffin of Pope Francis, taken in shoulder procession by the ‘thirsty’ pontificals and escorted by the Swiss Guard, arrives at the Basilica of San Pedro and is placed before the altar of the confession before the faithful can give him the last goodbye. (Free Press Photo: EFE/ SIMONE RISOLUTI/ DICASTERY).

Thousands of faithful who They were waiting early for the opening of the Basilica of San Pedro They began to enter to stop for a moment before the coffin.

The Basilica will remain open This Wednesday until midnight. On Thursday, April 24, it will open at 7.00 and close on Friday 25 at 7:00 p.m., when the rite of the coffin will begin.

Long rows began to form from early morning waiting for the opening of the basilica, and many were able to attend the coffin of the coffin from the chapel of Santa Marta to San Pedro.

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