Pope Francis is placed to rest in front of hundreds of thousands – from presidents to the poor

Kings, presidents, and presidents of the ministers, and their believers, pay their recent respect for Pope Francis in a funeral in Saint Peter Square in Rome to honor his troubled criminality at times.

The applause rang while the simple wooden coffin in Pontiff, studded with a large cross, was out of the Saint Petelika Peter and to the sun -filled box by the owners of white pregnancy full of panels.

Cardinal Giovanni Batista re -secured and remembered Francis that “the Pope among the people, with an open heart towards everyone.”

“He had a great spontaneity and an informal way to treat everyone,” said Cardinal.

The 91 -year -old Cardinal said that one of the 47 -year -old Francis Apostolic trips was his visit to Iraq in 2021, “challenging every danger” to be “a conditioner for the Iraqi people who suffered a lot.”

The funeral has attracted everyone from the great personalities, including world leaders and kings to prisoners and migrants, reflecting his priorities Kababa. The bells as the last of the leaders of more than 150 countries took their places. Among the prominent figures is the US President Donald Trump, who clashed with Francis on many occasions about their stark contrasting positions.

Among those who attended an outdoor party are 220 Cardinal, 750 bishops and more than 4,000 other priests. It was expected to last 90 minutes, while the funeral of Pope John Paul II continued in 2005 for three hours.

Tens of thousands of ordinary mourners rushed to the Vatican from the early hours. Many hurt to try to secure stains at the front of the crowd.

Francis, who was from Argentina, died on Monday at the age of 88 years after a stroke in a strictly planned transitional period of the Roman Catholic Church worth 1.4 billion members, characterized by ancient rituals, ulce and mourning.

Over the past three days, about 250,000 people have advanced next to his body, which was placed in a coffin in front of the altar of the Church of St. Peter in the sixteenth century.

The prominent figures included the heads of Argentina, France, Gabon, Germany, Italy, the Philippines, Poland and Ukraine, along with the prime ministers in Britain and New Zealand, and many European royal family.

Liberal leader Mark Carney announced earlier this week that he would not attend the funeral of the Pope and said Governor General Mary Simon will represent Canada.

The Vatican said it is expected that about 250,000 mourners will fill the vast and paved Esplanade path and the main arrival to Bazilica to follow the ceremony, which is headed by the Cardinal Giovanni Batista Rey, a 91 -year -old Italian introduction.

The first non -European Pope in nearly 13 centuries, Francis fought to reshape the Roman Catholic Church during his reign for 12 years, and stands with the poor and marginalized, with the challenge of the wealthy countries to help migrants and reverse climate change.

“Francis has left everyone a wonderful testimony of humanity, the holy life and global paternity,” said an official summary of his door, written in Latin and placed next to his body.

The traditionalists have fallen into its efforts to make the Catholic Church more transparent, while its appeals were not heard to end the conflict, divisions and rampant capitalism.

Funeral service is shorter

The Pope has avoided a lot of joy and privilege that is usually associated with Babylu during his reign, and this desire to obtain more simplicity in his funeral will bear more simplicity in his funeral, as he rewritten the long funerary rituals that were previously used.

Francis also chose to give up a centuries -old practice to bury the popes in three tangled boxes made of cypress, lead and oak. Instead, it was placed in one wooden coffin lined with zinc, which was closed overnight.

In another break with traditions, it is the first Pope to be buried outside the Vatican more than a century ago, preferably Basilica in Rome in Saint -Marie Major, about four kilometers from St. Peter, as his last place.

His grave contains “Franciskos”, its name in Latin, listed at the top.

A copy of the simple, iron -coated cross that he wore around his neck hanging over the marble board.

The funeral procession will be led by the city for the last time, allowing Roman to say goodbye.

Italy closed the airspace over the city and called on additional forces, with anti -aircraft missiles and patrol boats guarding the event in one of the largest security operations that the country witnessed since the funeral of John Paul II.

Once Francis was buried, the attention will turn to the one who might succeed him.

It is unlikely that the Secret Committee for Electing the Back begins before May 6 and may not start for several days after that, which gives the Cardinals time to hold regular meetings in advance to summarize each other and evaluate the condition of the Catholic Church, which suffers from financial problems and ideological departments.