When Pope Francis, who died Monday on the age of 88, is laid to relaxation Saturday, the funeral service and procession will meld Catholic Church custom with a few of Francis’ humble private needs. The ceremony on the Vatican is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. native time (4 a.m. Jap, 1 a.m. Pacific), and you may watch it right here on CBS Information.
Church leaders and a protracted record of dignitaries and heads of state, together with President Trump and former President Joe Biden, are anticipated to attend, together with a crowd of hundreds of the devoted in St. Peter’s Sq..
The funeral Mass will likely be celebrated by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the dean of the Faculty of Cardinals.
A procession will then carry the pontiff’s coffin to his last resting place, a fifth-century church about 3 miles away that held particular that means for him. In his final will and testomony, he requested that he be buried not on the Vatican however on the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore (St. Mary Main) in Rome, the place he went to hope earlier than and after every of his journeys overseas.
“The tomb must be in the earth; simple, without particular decoration and with the only inscription: Franciscus,” he wrote. Not like different popes, his tomb is not going to bear any point out of his papacy — solely the title he selected to honor St. Francis of Assisi.
How are you going to watch Pope Francis’ funeral on TV?
You’ll be able to watch the funeral service for Pope Francis on CBS tv stations starting at 4 a.m. Jap. Discover your native station right here. CBS Information’ Norah O’Donnell and John Dickerson anchor the dwell protection overlooking St. Peter’s Basilica.
The place are you able to stream Pope Francis’ funeral?
Full protection of the funeral service will stream dwell on CBS Information within the video participant above. Obtain the free CBS Information app to observe in your cellular or streaming gadget. You can too watch on Paramount+.
Will there be a replay of Pope Francis’ funeral?
The total funeral service for Pope Francis will replay on CBS Information 24/7 after it concludes at about 7 a.m. Jap.
What time will Pope Francis’ funeral begin?
The funeral is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. native time Saturday on the Vatican, which is 4 a.m. Jap. For viewers on the West Coast, it begins at 1 a.m. Pacific.
How lengthy will Pope Francis’ funeral final?
The funeral service at St. Peter’s will doubtless final round an hour and a half, adopted by a procession to the church the place Pope Francis will likely be buried. The procession of the hearse is anticipated to take about half-hour. Then one other, shorter service will happen there earlier than the interment.
The funeral for his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, in 2022, lasted about two hours. Earlier than that, the 2005 funeral for Pope John Paul II ran greater than two and a half hours.
What’s the schedule for Pope Francis’ funeral procession?
The straightforward picket coffin carrying the pope was introduced in a procession to St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday morning from his residence at Casa Santa Marta, the place he died. For the subsequent three days, he lay in state as crowds waited hours in line to file previous and pay their respects.
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Saturday, the funeral Mass will likely be held exterior St. Peter’s Basilica. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the Faculty of Cardinals, will preside over the funeral liturgy. “At the end of the Eucharistic Celebration, the Ultimo commendatio and Valedictio will take place,” the Vatican says, referring to the concluding prayer and farewell remarks the place Francis will likely be formally entrusted to God.
Following the funeral Mass, the coffin of Pope Francis will likely be transported from St. Peter’s in Vatican Metropolis to the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome for interment. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who because the camerlengo (chamberlain) is without doubt one of the highest rating Vatican officers, will preside over the burial ceremony.
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When will the papal conclave start?
The date of the papal conclave — the gathering of cardinals to decide on the subsequent pope — has not but been introduced, however by church guidelines it should start 15 to twenty days after a pope’s dying. That might put the beginning of the upcoming conclave within the first or second week of Could.
