The official programme of the ceremonies for Pope Francis:
9:00 am IST
St Peter’s Sq. opens.
1:00 pm IST
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1:30 pm IST
The funeral mass begins. It will likely be presided over by Giovanni Battista Re, the dean of the Faculty of Cardinals.
Pope Francis’s picket and zinc coffin, sealed on Friday night, will probably be positioned in entrance of the basilica earlier than a short lived raised altar. To its left, going through St Peter’s, will sit the red-robed cardinals. To the best, official delegations from all over the world, seated in alphabetical order.
The ceremony ought to final about 90 minutes, with 224 cardinals and 750 clergymen and bishops in attendance.
3:00 pm IST
The coffin leaves for Santa Maria Maggiore, the Rome basilica the place Pope Francis will probably be buried.
4:30 pm IST
The coffin arrives at Santa Maria Maggiore, the place will probably be welcomed by a bunch of the “poor and needy”.
The burial, presided over by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who as camerlengo is operating the Vatican’s day-to-day affairs till a brand new pope is elected, will happen in non-public.