Two hours waiting for the entry of the faithful to Vassiliki Santa Maria Maggore Pope Francis. “God loves everyone,” his prime minister said VaticanCardinal Pietro Parolin, addressed today (27.04.2025) to the faithful in St. Peter’s Square.
Despite the long wait, the “queues” formed by the faithful to be able to enter the Basilica of Santa Maria Matzore and pray in the tomb of the deceased Pope Francis are huge today.
The priests of the temple ask the pilgrims to make a brief prayer and leave the Church.
This appeal is due, in addition to the huge cosmos, both to security reasons, but also to the fact that the dimensions and capacity of the basilica of Santa Maria Maggore can in no way be compared to those of St. Peter’s Basilica.
At 6 pm (Greek time), the Catholic Cardinals are in the temple to worship the memory of the Argentine Pontiff.
From this morning, more than 35,000 faithful entered the church. As it became known, compared to the past few days, visitors have at least tenfold.
Pope Francis had requested to be buried without any particular decoration but with the inscription of his papal name in Latin: Franciscus.
In the next nine days, prayers will be held in the Basilica of St. Peter in favor of the rest of his soul’s soul, and tomorrow (28.04.2025), the start date of Conclavium is expected to be set.
The Vatican Prime Minister, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, addressing the faithful today, In St. Peter’s Squarestressed:
“God, with His viscera, loves everyone”, and that “Francis’ heritage must become a daily life and practice.”
It is recalled that, according to estimates so far, Cardinal Parolin is one of the “favorites” for the succession of the 266th deceased Pope.