{"id":11939,"date":"2025-04-27T01:51:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T01:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=11939"},"modified":"2025-04-27T01:51:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T01:51:57","slug":"pope-franciss-funeral-how-the-day-will-unfold-and-why-it-will-be-different-to-his-predecessors-send-offs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=11939","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis\u2019s funeral: How the day will unfold \u2013 and why it will be different to his predecessors\u2019 send-offs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Today, the world\u2019s 1.4 billion Catholics are saying goodbye to\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Pope Francis<\/span>\u00a0as his funeral takes place at the Vatican.<\/p><div class=\"ikfog69feb4f61917c\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.ikfog69feb4f61917c {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.ikfog69feb4f61917c {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.ikfog69feb4f61917c {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.ikfog69feb4f61917c {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.ikfog69feb4f61917c {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">World leaders, including US President\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Donald Trump<\/span>\u00a0and Prime Minister Sir\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Keir Starmer<\/span>\u00a0are attending, along with\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Prince William<\/span>, who is representing\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">King Charles<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In line with Francis\u2019s wishes, this morning\u2019s ceremony will differ from the funerals of his immediate predecessors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He will be buried in a single zinc-lined wooden coffin, rather than the customary nested trio of cypress, lead and oak caskets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And the late pontiff will not be laid to rest in the grottoes beneath St Peter\u2019s Basilica \u2013 as is traditional \u2013 but in his favourite church,\u00a0the Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome\u2019s Esquilino neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-eecb2acf393e62f7\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/24\/15\/97649293-14642927-image-a-1_1745505721832.jpg\" alt=\"Today, the world's 1.4 billion Catholics are saying goodbye to Pope Francis as his funeral takes place at the Vatican. Above: Francis's body lying in state in St Peter's Basilica on April 24\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Today, the world\u2019s 1.4 billion Catholics are saying goodbye to Pope Francis as his funeral takes place at the Vatican. Above: Francis\u2019s body lying in state in St Peter\u2019s Basilica on April 2<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe class=\"iframe-creator \" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/html_modules\/2025\/04_APR\/250422_POPE-FUNERAL-MOL\/index.html\" name=\"xp-iframe-m9y089cyispe9wnzgm\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\" data-xpmodule-iframe-resizable=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead\">When will the funeral service start?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Pope Francis\u2019s funeral service will begin at 10am (9am UK time) in the square in front of St Peter\u2019s Basilica.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">His coffin will be placed on a dias.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The three-day lying-in-state period came to an end yesterday evening. Hundreds of thousands of people queued to see Francis in his open casket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">At 8pm, his coffin was sealed in a ceremony overseen by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Pope\u2019s \u2018camerlengo\u2019 (chamberlain) who is running the Vatican until a new pontiff is chosen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2ca82512109a4a3b\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/25\/15\/97667081-14642927-image-a-1_1745590840361.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"563\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mol-img-group artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-db06066c800e1239\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/24\/15\/66222831-14642927-Twelve_pallbearers_who_are_lay_attendants_of_the_papal_household-a-2_1745505877810.jpg\" alt=\"Above: Pope Francis presides over the funeral of the former Pope Benedict, January 5, 2023\" width=\"634\" height=\"428\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Above: Pope Francis presides over the funeral of the former Pope Benedict, January 5, 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"mol-para-with-font mol-style-subhead\">What will happen during the service?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Fifty heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs are among hundreds of thousands of people who are attending Francis\u2019s send-off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Patriarchs, cardinals, archbishops, bishops and priests from across the world will take part in the funeral.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The funeral is being televised on most major TV networks worldwide, including BBC News and Sky News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Vatican Media will also be livestreaming the funeral on YouTube and official websites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In line with tradition, Francis\u2019s funeral mass is expected to be presided over by the dean of the College of Cardinals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mol-img-group artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ebc4a97aba943ea3\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/24\/15\/66222107-14642927-Cardinal_Giovanni_Battista_Re_blesses_the_coffin_and_sprays_it_w-a-3_1745506005467.jpg\" alt=\"Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re blesses the coffin of the former Pope Benedict at his funeral on January 5, 2023\" width=\"634\" height=\"384\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re blesses the coffin of the former Pope Benedict at his funeral on January 5, 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"moduleFull mol-video\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div id=\"v-5374778291050269161\" class=\"vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news\">\n<div id=\"vjs_video_3\" class=\"video-js vjs-default-skin vjs-paused vjs-controls-enabled mol-empty-playlist mol-fe-animated-preview vjs-visually-ready mol-fe-vjs-full-size-min vjs-user-inactive\" 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class=\"mol-para-with-font\">At the funeral of Pope John Paul II in 2005, the sermon was delivered by German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who offered what many thought was a stirring elocution on the late pope\u2019s life and legacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Eleven days later, Ratzinger would be elected as Pope Benedict XVI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Because of his age, Re cannot enter the conclave and is not a papal contender.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But insiders expect he might still try to offer a guide for his confreres to follow in the way he chooses to describe Francis\u2019 papacy, or in any words he uses to describe the needs of the Catholic Church today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The funeral for John Paul II brought an estimated 300,000 people together, while about 50,000 attended Pope Benedict\u2019s in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Different language will be used during the service. Francis will be called \u2018Bishop of Rome\u2019, \u2018Pope\u2019, \u2018Pastor\u2019, or \u2018Roman Pontifex\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Grander titles, such a \u2018Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church\u2019, will be avoided.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">There will also be readings from the Bible, as well as hymns and prayers, and Holy Communion will be distributed to the faithful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The funeral mass will conclude with the Ultima commendatio and the Valedictio, which marks the beginning of the official nine days of mourning for the pope.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The pope\u2019s body will then be taken back into St Peter\u2019s Basilica before making the three-mile journey to Santa Maria Maggiore for his burial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The procession of his coffin will involve the Vatican\u2019s Swiss Guards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d5233ddb1c91dcd3\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/24\/15\/97649709-14642927-image-a-7_1745506221124.jpg\" alt=\"Cardinals, bishops and dignitaries attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II, April 8, 2005\" width=\"634\" height=\"470\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Cardinals, bishops and dignitaries attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II, April 8, 2005<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d684d900666714b5\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/24\/15\/97649579-14642927-image-a-6_1745506136869.jpg\" alt=\"A view of St Peter's Square at the Vatican during the funeral of Pope John Paul II, April 8, 2005\" width=\"634\" height=\"923\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A view of St Peter\u2019s Square at the Vatican during the funeral of Pope John Paul II, April 8, 2005<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the world\u2019s 1.4 billion Catholics are saying goodbye to\u00a0Pope Francis\u00a0as his funeral takes place at the Vatican. 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