The funeral of Pope Francis, scheduled for the mourners to prepare for the gathering in Rome – National

Pope Francis It will be placed to rest on Saturday after lying in the state for a period of three days in the Church of St. Peter, where it is expected that the believers will flow to pay their respect for the first time in Latin America in history.

On Tuesday, the Cardods met in the Vatican Senod Hall to plan the next steps before the flavor started choosing the successor of Francis, as my condolences flowed from all over the world. According to current standards, Conclave should start between 5 and 10 May.

Cardinate placed a funeral on Saturday at 10 am in St. Boutros Square, to be celebrated by the Dean of the Cardinan College, Cardinal Giovanni Batista. US President Donald Trump said that the first lady Melania Trump is planning to attend, and Argentine President Javier Millie is also expected.

The Argentine Pope died on Monday at the age of 88 after he put a stroke in a coma and led his heart to failure. He was recovering in his apartment after being transferred to the hospital for five weeks with pneumonia. His last public appearance was made on Sunday, as he presented the blessing of Easter and greeting followers from the bobille, wandering in the Saint Peter Square.

His appearance on Easter was from the same Loggia, where he got acquainted with the world as the first Pope of the Americas on March 13, 2013, as a suitable library for a 12 -year -old door that sought to get rid of the church and return it to its mission imposed by the Gospel represented in caring for the poorest.

“He gave everything he really has, to the end,” said sister Natalie Piccart, one of the highest women in the Vatican.

While the ordinary believers will have an opportunity to pay their respect starting from Wednesday, the Vatican employees were allowed to say that their farewell from Monday evening. Piccart spoke to her correspondents after she paid her respect, marveled at Easter greeting in Francis to his herd. She said, “He really walked with his people.”

Italian Cardinal Gianfranco Rafasi said that Francis’s efforts to enhance the role of women in the church, which will be one of his greatest heritage, said. Rafasi pointed out that Francis chose to be buried near the Madona favorite icon, in Bazilica throughout the city, and not in the caves below St. Peter, as is used to the popes.

“He wanted to be buried under the shadow of a woman, in this case, Maria,” said Rafasi, former Vatican Minister of Culture, when he reached the first meeting of Cardinals on Tuesday. “This is important, his desire for the church to do more for women.”

The first pictures of Francis’s body were launched on Tuesday, and showed him in red clothes and a meter of his roofs in a wooden coffin, with the Vatican Foreign Minister praying at the Dumus Santa Marta Hotel, where he lived and died.

In his recent will, Francis said he wanted to be buried in St. Mary Megor Bazilica, which is home to the icon of Marie Al Salaos Popoli. Before and after each foreign trip, Francis was going to the Basilica to pray before the Byzantine style painting, which is characterized by the image of Mary, flags in a blue dress, carrying the infant, who in turn carries a golden book inlaid.

Francis stopped by Basilica on his way home from Jimili Hospital on March 23, after his 38 -day stay, to hand over the flowers that will be placed before the code. He returned on April 12 to pray a last time.

He conducted the bells in the church, churches and cathedrals worldwide, and flags flew in half of the employees in Italy, India, Taiwan and the United States after the death of Francis by Camelingo, who is responsible for the Vatican after the death of the Pope. Football matches in Italy and Argentina were suspended in honor of the Pope, who was a fans of life at San Lorenzo Football Club.

World leaders Francis praised for his moral leadership and mercy, while ordinary believers remind his simplicity and humanity.

“Like all Argentine, I think he was a rebel,” said Catalina Favaro, who is 23 years old, who came to tell in the Buenos Aires Church where Francis discovered his priestly profession. “Perhaps it was contradictory, but this was also nice.”

In East Timor, where the final air bloc attracted nearly half of the population last September, President Jose Ramos Horta praised Francis. Ramos Horta said: “Pope Francis was a brave man who was not afraid to speak against the rulers of the world looking for war, but they did not want to search for peace,” said Ramos Horta.

“He stabbed the power to act with justice, called the nations to welcome the stranger, and we reminded that our common home – this land – is a gift that we must protect for future generations,” said Nigerian President Paula Tenobo, a Muslim. Nigeria is the most country in Africa and includes about 30 million Catholics, which represents about 14 percent of the population.

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The official Pope’s apartments were sealed in the Apostolic Palace and at the Santa Marta Hotel on Monday evening, after rituals centuries ago. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who was in the role of Camelingo, the task of announcing death and confirming it by defining the cause, headed the rituals.

Francis chose not to live in the palace, but in a two -room wing in Santa Marta on the other side of the Vatican city. He died there and his body was transferred to the hotel chapel in the hallway, where the special view was on Tuesday for Vatican officials and members of the papal family.

In the changes made by Francis last year, his body was not placed in three wooden clicks, as was the case for previous Babayat. Instead, Francis was placed in a simple wooden coffin with zinc coffin inside.

Once he arrived at St. Peter, the coffin will not be placed high – as was the case with the previous popes – but it will be simply placed in the face of the seats, with the nearby Paschal candle.

“The Pope who did not change his path was when it came to abandoning his dirty (hands).” “For him, the poor and immigrants were the secret of Jesus.”

After the funeral, there are nine days of official mourning, known as “Novendalii”. During this period, the Cardinals arrive in Rome and meet separately in front of the flavor.

To give everyone time to assembly, Conclave should start 15 to 20 days after “SEDE VACANTE” – “” See ” – although it can start soon if the Cardinate agrees.

Once Conclave starts, the Cardinate votes in secret sessions in the Sistine Church. After voting sessions, voting cards are burned in a special stove. Black smoke indicates that no door has been elected, while white smoke indicates that the Cardinals chose the next head of the Catholic Church.

The person who got two -thirds of the votes wins. If before him, his election is announced by Cardinal from Saint Peter Pasilica, who tells the world: “Habemus Papam” – Latin for “Our Pope”.