Pope Francis laid out in open coffin for Confirmation of the Death of the Pontiff ceremony

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The Vatican has released images of Pope Francis that is in an open coffin before confirmation of the death of the Pontiff ceremony.

His holiness died on Monday after suffering a stroke that led to irreversible heart failure after a weekly pulmonary hospitalization with pneumonia. He was 88 years old.

The Pontiff’s body had placed his leg on the coffin on Monday night, with Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican Camengo, the “Chamberlain” who acts essentially as head of the Vatican between the end of a papacy and intimidation the next for the next reading, reading, reading – reading – Reading – Reading – Reading – Reading – Reading – Reading – Reading – Reading – Reading – Reading – Read

The Vatican has released images of Pope Francis that is in an open coffin before confirmation of the death of the Pontiff ceremony. Through Reuters

A stamp was also placed in the papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace, as well as in the Chapel of Santa Marta, where he had lived.

In the images shared by the Vatican on Tuesday, you can see the pontiff in their clothes with a rosary in hand.

You can see the ceremonial guards standing on both sides of the coffin while the Vatican officials and the members of the Pontifical Household attended private sight.

The official period of lying in the state will begin on Wednesday, which welcomes the public to enter Peter’s basilica to present his final respect.

His holiness died on Monday after suffering a stroke that led to irreversible heart failure after a weekly pulmonary hospitalization with pneumonia. He was 88 years old. Vatican Media/AFP through Getty Images
The pontiff’s body had the leg placed on the coffin on Monday night. Vatican Media/AFP through Getty Images

“The transfer of the Holy Father’s body to the Vatican Basilica for the tribute of all the faithful could take place on Wednesday morning,” said Matteo Bruni, the Vatican spokesman.

The cardinals gathered in the Vatican on Tuesday morning to start funeral plans, as well as the elaborate ceremony that marks the end of the papacy before the next.

The process to select a new Pope, called conclave, usually takes place between 15 and 20 days after the death of the pontiff.

In the images shared by the Vatican on Tuesday, you can see the pontiff in their clothes with a rosary in hand. Vatican Media/AFP through Getty Images
You can see the ceremonial guards standing on both sides of the coffin while the Vatican officials and the members of the Pontifical Household attended private sight. Vatican Media/AFP through Getty Images

The first meeting of the Cardinals Congregation is expected to begin Tuesday morning at the Vatican Synod Hall.

Later, the congregation will determine when the Pope’s body can be transferred to the Basilica of St. Peter for public visualization.

Once there, its coffee is not placed in a high beer. Instead, the public will see their coffin in front of the banks next to the Pasqual candle.

This is how the successor of Pope Francis will be chosen:

The Cardinals College will meet in the Vatican in the coming weeks to choose the new Pope. Mike Guillen/Ny Post Design
The white smoke will be sent from the roof of the Sistine Chapel to announce that a new Pope has been chosen. Mike Guillen/Ny Post Design

As for the funeral, Pope Francis will be buried between Friday and Sunday, according to the rules approved last year.

He had also made plans for his body to be placed in a simple wooden coffin with a zinc coffin inside, a marked contrast with the three wooden coffins that the previous pontiffs had opted.


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“While I feel the twilight that approaches my earthly life, and with a firm hope in eternal life, I want to establish my final waths only with respect to the place of my burial,” said the Pope in his final testimony before his death.

“Through my life, and duration of my ministry as a priest and bishop, I have always int;

The official period of lying in the state will begin on Wednesday, which welcomes the public to enter Peter’s basilica to present his final respect. Through Reuters
The cardinals arrive at the Vatican, after the death of Pope Francis. Reuters

He continued: “For this reason, I ask that my mortal remains rest, waiting for the day of the resurrection, in the papal basilica of Santa María Major.

“I want my final earthly trip to end with precision in this former Sanctuary of Marian, where I always stopped to pray at the beginning and end of each apostolic trip, entry with confidence to the immaculate mother, and giving.”

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