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Pope Francis’s funeral date announced

Pope Francis’s funeral date announced
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22.04.2025
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The Vatican has now released pictures of Pope Francis in his open casket, lying in his apartments.

The pope’s casket will later be taken into St Peter’s Basilica for public viewing.

At the age of 88, he died following a stroke that led to a coma and irreversible heart failure, on Monday (21 April) at 7.55am the Vatican announced.

Following  meeting of cardinals at the Vatican, they have confirmed it will take place on Saturday 26 April, outside in front of St Peter’s Basilica at 9am UK time.

Giovanni Battista Re, the dean of the College of Cardinals, will lead the service.

This will also begin the first of nine days of mourning.

At the end of this period, conclave – the process to choose a new pope – will begin from 5 May.

In his final testament, the pontiff requested to be buried at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome with the inscription of his papal name in Latin: Franciscus.

Pope Francis, the first pope from Latin America, led the 1.4 billion-member church since 2013.

The Vatican has also separately confirmed the pope’s body will be taken to St Peter’s Basilica for public viewing tomorrow morning from 8am (UK time).

His body is currently laid out in a coffin in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence, where he lived.

A number world leaders are except to attend the funeral Emmanuel Macron, Donald Trump, Javier Milei, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Lula da Silva have already confirmed their attendance.

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