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World leaders from Trump to Zelensky to attend Pope's funeral on Saturday World leaders from Trump to Zelensky to attend Pope's funeral
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Pope Francis's funeral will take place on Saturday at 10:00 local time (09:00 BST) in front of St Peter's Basilica. Pope Francis will be buried in Rome's Esquilino neighbourhood, outside the Vatican, in a break with tradition
The date was decided after cardinals met in Vatican City on Tuesday morning to discuss the funeral's timing. Pope Francis's funeral will take place on Saturday in St Peter's Square, the Vatican has confirmed, with hundreds of thousands expected to attend.
Tributes have poured in from around the world after Pope Francis died on Easter Monday aged 88. The head of the Catholic Church died of a stroke on Monday, aged 88, less than 24 hours after leading an Easter address. He had been in poor health after recently battling double pneumonia.
Huge crowds are expected to go to the funeral, and several world leaders have announced they will attend. A host of world leaders and royals - including Sir Keir Starmer, Donald Trump, the Prince of Wales, and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, home to the biggest Catholic population in the world - have confirmed their attendance.
Thousands of mourners have already flocked to Vatican City, carrying flowers, crosses and candles and reciting prayers.
On Tuesday, the Vatican released further details of the Pope's final 24 hours.
Francis, who had recently spent five weeks in hospital, was slightly apprehensive about appearing on the balcony on Sunday.
"Do you think I can do this?" the Pope asked his personal nurse, Massimiliano Strappetti.
Strappetti reassured him and moments later the pontiff appeared on the balcony, blessing the crowd gathered in St Peter's Square below.
The following morning at around 05:30 local time (03:30 GMT), Francis began to feel unwell. An hour later, he waved at Strappetti before slipping into a coma.
"Those who were near him in those moments say he didn't suffer," the Vatican said in a statement. "It was a discreet death."
What happens before the funeral?What happens before the funeral?
Ahead of the funeral, Pope Francis's body will lie in an open casket in St Peter's Basilica, where mourners will be able to pay their respects to the late pontiff. The Vatican released photos of Pope Francis in an open coffin in the Chapel of Santa Marta, the Vatican residence where he lived during his 12-year papacy
His body will be transferred to St Peter's from where it currently lies - the Santa Marta residence where he lived during his 12-year papacy. On Wednesday morning, Pope Francis's body will be taken in a procession led by cardinals from the Chapel of Santa Marta to St Peter's Basilica, where he will remain in an open coffin until Friday to allow mourners to pay their respects.
The Vatican has released official images of the Pope's body lying in Santa Marta, showing him in a wooden coffin dressed in a red robe with the papal mitre on his head and a rosary in his hand. Just before the procession, a moment of prayer will be led by the camerlengo, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who is running the Vatican in the wake of the Pope's death.
He will be transferred from Santa Marta to St Peter's Basilica in a procession starting at 09:00 local time on Wednesday. The Vatican has released photos of the Pope's body lying in the chapel at Casa Santa Marta - his residence during his 12-year papacy - dressed in a red robe with the papal mitre on his head and a rosary in his hand.
Ahead of the transfer, a moment of prayer will be led by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who is acting as the camerlengo - the person who runs the Vatican after the death or resignation of a pope. The general public will be able to visit St Peter's Basilica from 11:00 to midnight on Wednesday, 07:00 to midnight on Thursday and 07:00 to 19:00 on Friday.
Cardinal Farrell will then lead the procession to St Peter's, starting from Saint Martha's Square and ending in St Peter's Square before entering the church through the central doors.
After entering the church, Cardinal Farrell will lead the Liturgy of the Word, before the church is opened to visitors to pay their respects.
The general public will be able to visit the church from 11:00 to midnight on Wednesday, 07:00 to midnight on Thursday and 07:00 to 19:00 on Friday.
Bucking tradition, there will be no private viewing for cardinals, at Pope Francis's request. The Pope's coffin will also not be raised on a pedestal.Bucking tradition, there will be no private viewing for cardinals, at Pope Francis's request. The Pope's coffin will also not be raised on a pedestal.
What time is Saturday's funeral service? What time will the service take place?
The Pope's funeral will take place in the square in front of St Peter's Basilica on Saturday, starting at 10:00 local time (09:00 BST). The funeral will start at 10:00 in the square in front of St Peter's Basilica.
The service will be led by the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re. Patriarchs, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, and priests from across the globe will take part. The dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, will lead the service.
Patriarchs, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, and priests from across the globe will take part. Cardinal Battista Re will deliver the final commendation and valediction - a concluding prayer where the Pope will be formally entrusted to God - and the pontiff's body will be moved to St Mary Major for the burial.
By 08:30, archbishops and bishops will gather in the Constantine Wing, adjacent to the basilica, wearing liturgical clothes including simple white miter. A nine-day mourning period, known as Novemdiales, then begins.
By the same time, priests will congregate in St Peter's Square wearing red stole.
And by 09:00, patriarchs and cardinals will congregate in Saint Sebastian Chapel, in the basilica, wearing white damask miters.
The service will end with the final commendation and valediction, marking the beginning of nine days of mourning for the Pope, the Catholic news agency reported.
The pontiff's body will then be taken inside the church before being transported to St Mary Major Basilica in Rome for burial.
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Who is attending the funeral?Who is attending the funeral?
Large crowds are expected at Pope Francis's funeral, with heads of state and royalty from around the world already announcing their attendance. Huge crowds are anticipated on Saturday, with as many as 250,000 people expected to attend the funeral.
Among those who have said they will make an appearance are the Prince of Wales, US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron. Many heads of state and royals have confirmed their attendance, including Prince William, US President Donald Trump, Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Other political figures who have announced their intention to attend include: Other political figures who have announced they will attend include:
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaBrazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Polish President Andrzej DudaPolish President Andrzej Duda
EU Commission President Ursula von der LeyenEU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
Ukrainian President Volodymyr ZelenskyUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
Javier Milei, the president of Argentina, Francis's home countryJavier Milei, the president of Argentina, Francis's home country
British Prime Minister Sir Keir StarmerBritish Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
Where will Pope Francis be buried?Where will Pope Francis be buried?
Pope Francis, who chose to scale back some of the funerary pomp and ceremony of his predecessors, requested that he be buried at St Mary Major rather than in the crypt of St Peter's Basilica - making him the first pope not to be buried in St Peter's for more than a century. Pope Francis, who famously eschewed some of the pomp of the papacy during his life, will continue to break with tradition in death.
He also requested to be buried in a single wooden casket, unlike his predecessors, who were buried in the traditional three nested coffins. Historically, popes are buried in triple coffins in marble tombs inside St Peter's Basilica at the heart of the Vatican. Pope Francis requested that he instead be buried at Rome's Basilica of St Mary Major.
He will become the first pope in more than 100 years to be laid to rest outside the Vatican.
In his final testament, Pope Francis also asked to be buried "in the earth, simple, without particular decoration" and with the inscription only of his papal name in Latin: Franciscus.
His body was moved into the Santa Marta chapel on Monday evening, and his apartment formally sealed, the Vatican said.
When is the new Pope elected?When is the new Pope elected?
Following the funeral, a conclave of cardinals will convene to elect a successor.Following the funeral, a conclave of cardinals will convene to elect a successor.
The dean of the College of Cardinals has 15 to 20 days to summon the cardinals to Rome once the Pope is buried.The dean of the College of Cardinals has 15 to 20 days to summon the cardinals to Rome once the Pope is buried.
Several names have already been floated as potential successors, with more likely to emerge in the coming days.Several names have already been floated as potential successors, with more likely to emerge in the coming days.
Pope Francis died of a stroke on Monday less than 24 hours after appearing in a wheelchair at St Peter's Square to lead an Easter address in front of thousands of worshippers.
His death followed a period of ill health that saw him spend five weeks in hospital with double pneumonia.
Born in Argentina, he was elected the first ever Latin American pope in 2013.
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