The funeral ceremony of Pope Francis began on Saturday at 10 at St. Piotr in the Vatican. After the mass, from the side gate of the Vatican towards the Basilica of Our Lady, a funeral procession with a casket with the pope's body set off. Franciszek chose this temple as a place of his burial.
In turn, the ceremony of assembling the casket was private – the introduction to the Basilica of Our Lady of the Larger in Rome did not have faithful, media representatives, photographers and camera operators – in the last way Franciszek was accompanied only by a modest delegation.
Private burial of the Pope
The ceremony was chaired by Cardinal Kevin Farrell – after its completion, the dicastering of the Roman Curia shared recordings and photos from the ceremony.
She also gave the details of the rite itself. “Pope Francis was buried in the lateral nave of the Basilica of the Ladies Motherbetween the Pauline Chapel, where his beloved icon of the Mother of God “Salus Populi Romani” and the Sforza chapel is located. The Pope's burial was preceded by singing four psalms and five intercession prayers, and then our Father was sung. After the end prayer, the Signeta of Cardinal Camerling of the Holy Roman Church, Kevin Joseph Farrell, prefecture of the papal house, the office of liturgical celebration of the Pope of the Rome and the Liberian chapter, was imprinted on the casket. Then the casket was laid into the grave and sprinkled with holy water at the singing of Regina Caeli. Finally, the last formality took place: notary of the Liberian Chapter read the current act certifying the burial. The act was signed by Cardinal Camerleng, regent of the papal house, Monsignor Leonardo Sapienza, and by the master of papal liturgical celebrations, Archbishop Diego Ravelli, “he explained.
