Pope Francis funeral is scheduled to be held on Saturday, (April 26, 2025), as many world leaders will attend to honour the Catholic leader. The Argentine pontiff, 88, died on Monday (April 21, 2025) after a stroke, less than a month after returning home from five weeks in hospital battling double pneumonia.
As Catholics around the world continue to mourn Pope Francis, India too announced three-days state mourning. However, more details emerged on what comes next. Accounts of the pontiff’s final moments were shared by the Vatican. Those with him described “a discreet death, almost sudden, without long suffering or public alarm”.
Pope Francis has asked to be buried in St Mary Major, a Roman basilica he was particularly attached to, rather than St Peter’s like many of his predecessors, with a simple inscription of his name in Latin, Franciscus. In his will, Pope Francis called for his tomb to be “in the ground; simple, without particular decoration, and with the sole inscription: Franciscus,’’ or Latin for Francis.
Later on Wednesday, the Vatican also shared images of Pope Francis lying in his open coffin in the chapel of Casa Santa Marta, his papal residence and where he died on Easter Monday. The cardinals met to make arrangements for the funeral, deciding that the service would be held on Saturday in front of St Peter’s Basilica.
Donald Trump, Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelensky were among world leaders to confirm their attendance. Kensington Palace also announced that Prince William would travel to the Vatican on behalf of his father, King Charles.
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