Emotional farewell under a clear sky
Under a clear sky and spaces of Saint San Pedro Koulemada de the believers, Cardinal Giovanni Batista, Dean of Cardinalisio College, headed on Saturday to the funerary mass of Pope Francis, who died on April 21 at the age of 88.
In a tone loaded with passion, it was devoted to the door a last message: “We ask you to pray for us, to bless Rome, to bless everyone, as I did last Sunday on the balcony of this Bazilica, as a last neck for the people of God and humanity, which seeks the truth with a pure heart and provokes the people of hope.”
Celebrate the ceremony at the beginning heresyThe nine traditional days of the official mourning after the death of the Pope, and developed according to Francisco’s rapid desire: a simple funeral, “the funeral of the priest, not from sovereignty.”
A simple and cross funeral
In a gesture of austerity that sparked Pontificate, the body was placed in a clear wooden coffin in front of the altar, without being exposed to Catavalo, as is used in previous times.
During his greatness, Cardinal Francisco determined that a The pilgrimage of hope does not disappoint youAnd he thanked God for granting the church, “the priest that was delivered, simple and deep.”
He called on the believers to preserve their legacy alive through MisericordiaAnd humility and tireless search for the truth.
The last comfort in Santa Maria is not a mayor
At the end of the mass, the coffin was transferred to Bazilica Santa Maria is not the mayorWhere Pope Francis deposited his confidence on multiple occasions before the image of the Virgin The safety of the Roman people.
There, according to his will, he will be rest in the grave of sober marble, with simple registration: Francis.
In the next few days, the 91 -year -old Cardinal Batista Rey will continue to head the General Cancelles of the Paragraph, which will lead to the approval of ConcONCLAVE between 5 and 10 May, when the Church chooses the successor of the Pope who changed the way Pontificate understands.