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Pope’s body placed in St. Peters Basilica. The coffin was closed on Friday night.
The Christian Catholic religious leader Pope Francis will be cremated today. The funeral rituals will begin at 10 am local time (1:30 pm Indian time) at St. Peters Square, Vatican.
About 2 lakh devotees are expected to gather at the Pope’s funeral. It will include representatives from 170 countries. These include Indian President Draupadi Murmu, US President Donald Trump, Argentina President Xavier Milei, Britain Prime Minister Kir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron.
After the funeral process, the Pope’s plain coffin will gradually be taken to Rome’s Santa Maria Magiore Basilica, where they will be buried. It is about 4 km from St. Peters Square. In the last 100 years, they will be the first Pope that will be buried outside the Vatican.
The Pope died of stroke and heart spreader on April 21 at the age of 88. For the last three days, his body was kept in St. Peters Basilica for the last visit in the coffin.
Photos of Pope’s body being placed in St. Peters Square …
His body was kept in the coffin in Pope’s house Santa Martha Kasal. The priests prayed to him.
The Pope’s body was brought to the Vatican Square under the protection of Swiss guards of the Vatican.
While carrying the Pope’s body, the priests read special prayers.
The Pope’s body inside the St. Peters Basilica was kept for three days for his last darshan.
Crowd for Pope’s last visit at Center Peters Basilica …
Long queues continued for the Pope’s last darshan in St. Peters Basilica.
Around one and a half million people saw his last in three days after the Pope’s body was placed in St. Peters Basilica.
The Pope expressed his desire to be buried out of the Vatican
The Pope’s body is usually buried in caves under St. Peters Basilica in the Vatican City. But Pope Francis will be buried in Santa Maria Magiore Basilica on the other side of the Tieber River in Rome.
The Pope revealed the desire to be buried here in December 2023. He had told that he feels special connection with Magiore Basilica. He used to come to this Basilica every Sunday morning in honor of Virgin Mary.
7 other pope is also buried in Santa Maria Magiore Basilica. The Pope Leo XIII was the last pope that was buried out of the Vatican. He died in 1903.
The last visit to Pope Francis will be different from the Pope before him. Breaking traditions in April last year, he had decided the rules related to the funeral of the Pope in a simple way.
He had said that the funeral process should be respectable, but not excessively grand. The Pope’s last rites should be like any normal son or daughter of the church.
Earlier, the Pope was buried in three coffins- the first wood (Cyprus), then lead metal i.e. lead, and then oak wood. But Pope Francis himself said that they only want to be buried in a simple wooden coffin, which would have a layer of zinc inside.
Santa Maria Magigor Basilica is located in Rome, 6 km from the Vatican. The body of Pope Francis will be buried here.
Thousands of security forces will be deployed in Pope’s funeral
A large number of security will be deployed in the Vatican and Rome for the Pope’s funeral. It will include thousands of Italian police and military and Swiss guards of Vatican.
Soldiers deployed at St. Peters Square will have guns, which will be able to kill the drone. Whereas, snipers and fighter jets are placed on the roofs of buildings on standbai.
Barricades have already been installed to control the crowd inside and outside the St. Peters Basilica and the security checks have been increased.
Rome and Vatican have deployed state-of-the-art security and defense systems, including anti-drain weapons, no-fly zones including fighter jets patrolling and advanced jamming techniques. Terrorism and anti -sabotage special teams are also already deployed.
From now on to the beginning of the next month, more than 2,000 policemen will patrol the Basilica and its surrounding area from the Conclave (which will be selected for the next Pope). 400 traffic policemen will also be deployed to control the traffic movement of diplomatic convoys.
Pope Francis in May 2013 during prayer at Santa Maria Magiore Basilica.
Pope Francis was the first non-European to become Pope in 1000 years
Pope Francis was a Jesuit Pastor from Argentina, he became the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church in 2013. He was elected the successor of Pope Benedict Sixteenth. Pope Francis was the first person in the last 1000 years who reached the highest position of Catholicism despite being non-European.
The Pope was born on 17 December 1936 in the city of Florence, Argentina. Before becoming the Pope, he was known as George Mario Bergoglio. Pope Francis’s grandparents left Italy and moved to Argentina to escape from Mussolini. The Pope has spent most of his lives in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.
He was a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesutes) and was the first pope from the American continent. He had a master’s degree in philosophy and theology from Buenos Aires University. In 1998, he became the archbishop of Buenos Aires. In 2001, Pope John Paul Second made him a cardinal.
After the funeral of the Pope, what is next?
The Novandiyalas will begin with the Pope’s funeral ceremony. Prayers and special months will last for nine days which will be held for the peace of the soul of Pope Francis. After this, his successor i.e. the process of choosing the next pope will be noticed.
The conclave for the choice of the new Pope usually begins within 15 to 20 days of the last Pope’s death. All cardinals gather for the choice of the Pope, so they take an oath of secrecy in the Cysteine Chapel and start discussions. This process can last for several days.
Cardinals are a group of big priests. Their job is to advise the Pope. Every time the pope is chosen from these cardinals. However, it is not necessary to have a cardinal to become a pope. Urban VI was the last Pope in 1379, who was not selected from the Cardinals College.
After the new Pope is selected, a representative of the Cardinals College announces in the Latin language in front of thousands of people from St. Peters Basilica’s balcony- ‘Bams Papam’ i.e.- ‘We have a pope.’
The pope selected after this chooses a new Pope name. This is usually in his name in honor of an old Saint or Pope. The new Pope gives the public the first address to the Basilica’s balcony by wearing a new kasak (full body -covering dress).
