Today at 09:00 in the morning 23.04.2025 (10:00 Greek time) will be transferred to the Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican, his body Pope Francis.
Pope Francis’ scenes will be put on popular pilgrimage until Friday afternoon. The countless believers who will be in the church of St. Peter are expected to flood the Vatican to say the last “goodbye” to the “Pope of the Poor”.
Due to the mass attendance of the faithful (estimated at around 200,000), the Italian authorities have taken draconian measures, employing police, fire brigade and civil protection.
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The funeral of Pope Francis will be held next Saturday at 11:00 am Greece at the outdoors of St. Peter’s Basilica.
At the end of the ceremony, the coffin will be first transferred inside the temple and then to Vasiliki Santa Maria Matzore, where the burial will take place, something that Pope Francis himself had requested.
About 200,000 believers will give the “present” to the funeral
For the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday in the Vatican, about 200,000 faithful are expected.
A separate position between the religious trends will have Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
The Italian Interior Minister Matteo Pandenoi predicted that they were going to reach the eternal city about 170 foreign delegations, including many heads of state and governments.
The funeral is expected by leaders from all over the world, such as Donald Trump with his wife Melania, Ursula von der. Layen, Roberta Metsola, Argentine President Javier Miley, and Ukrainian President Volodimir,
The presence of the royal couple of Spain, British Prince William, has also been announced.
Italy has declared a five -day mourning, and draconian security measures are already in force in the eternal city, which are expected to remain up to the Conclave.
To provide assistance to the pilgrims and the guarantee of the security of the faithful and officials who will fall in the eternal city, in addition to the police and the carabinieri, the army has been mobilized, with civil protection.
Special trained divers have already begun to control the Tiber area, which is near the Vatican.