President Duda announced the national mourning on the day of the funeral of Pope Francis

By decision of President Andrzej Duda, the funeral day of Pope Francis will be a day of national mourning – said the head of the Presidential International Policy Office Wojciech Kolarski. He added that the ordinance in this matter requires the Prime Minister's countersignate and such a document will be forwarded to the Chancellery of the Chancellery.

“In connection with the death of the Holy Father, President Andrzej Duda decided to announce the day of the funeral – on April 26 – to the day of national mourning,” said cycling during Tuesday's briefing.

He added that the presidential ordinance requires the countersignate of Prime Minister Donald Tusk and such a document “will be transferred to the Prime Minister by the head of the office by Minister Małgorzata Paprocka”.

President Andrzej Duda and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda will take part on Saturday at the funeral of Pope Francis.

“The president and the first lady, Mrs. Agata Kornhauser -Duda, will take part in the funeral of Pope Francis,” he informed cycling at a briefing in Warsaw.

Pope Francis died on Monday at 7.35 at the age of 88. The cause of death was stroke, coma and irreversible cardiological collapse.

The funeral ceremony of Pope Francis will start this Saturday at Saint Peter Square in the Vatican at 10. After the mass in Saint Peter's Square, the casket with the pope's body will be taken to the Basilica of Our Lady, where he will be buried according to his will. (PAP)

KPRP has information that The celebrations previously planned for Saturday in Gniezno related to the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the coronation of Bolesław the Brave will take place the day beforei.e. on Friday, April 25 – said the head of the presidential BPM Wojciech Kolarski on Tuesday.

On Saturday, April 26, various celebrations were planned in Gniezno as part of the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the coronation of Bolesław the Brave, including the solemn assembly of MPs and senators.

Kolarski informed that in connection with the information that these celebrations are to be moved to Friday, President Andrzej Duda “also changes his calendar so that on that day they could take part in them together with the authorities of the Commonwealth, church representatives, associations and all those who come to them.

The presidential minister pointed out that these events are organized on the initiative of the president, who last year sent a letter to the Marshal of the Sejm Szymon Hołownia “calling for convening the National Assembly in connection with the celebration of the Millennium of Coronation.”

When asked if the meeting of MPs and senators would also be moved to Friday, he replied that “if this happened, the president would take part in these celebrations.” (PAP)

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