Pope Francis lies in the state where thousands meet for respect in Rome – my country

Thousands of people through the Central Corridor of Peter Bachelica’s Central Corridor to pay their final respect Pope Francis Wednesday, the beginning of three days of public watch before the funeral of the ink.

The crowds of ordinary believers slowly made their way to the main altar in Basilica in the sixteenth century, where the simple wooden shells in Francis were sitting on a slight slope, where four Swiss guards stood. During the coming days, tens of thousands of people are expected to pass through the basilica, and the Vatican said that it may remain open in the middle of the night due to the high turnout on the first day.

Many people who pushed their respect to Rome came to celebrate Easter, at the spring vacation or other personal works, just to fulfill the news of the death of Francis on Easter on Monday. Pointing for the dedication of the Argentine Pope and the message of its inclusion, they joined the procession of the mourners who were roaming in the holy door and under the central corridor in Bazilica.

Francis was placed in a red arrival, where he applauded a rosary and wearing a bishop, which is the traditional head covering. The mourners waited for hours to reach the coffin – which sat behind a collar – some of them carrying their mobile phones as they approached him to take pictures in what became modern rituals.

“She gave me chills,” said Evis Bianco, leaving Bazilica. She was in Rome from the southern city of Brendisi for Medical Care, and came to pay her respect.

“It was important to me because he encouraged coexistence. He gathered many people.”

Meanwhile, he met the Cardinals in particular to end the preparations for the funeral on Saturday and plan for the successor of Francis.

Francis died on Monday at the age of 88, crowned by 12 -year -old Pontifat, with his anxiety for the poor and the message of inclusion, but also some criticism of conservatives who sometimes felt isolated because of his progressive player.

He opened Wednesday with the bells of St. Peter, where the holders of the pregnancy carried the body of Francis from the Vatican Hotel, where he lived in Bazilica in a procession through the same square, where he delivered what he became goodbye to him. Francis toured Bouboopille suddenly through the believers on Easter on Sunday, after he confirmed his nurse, despite his continued health from a seizure of pneumonia.

The Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who temporarily runs the Vatican until the new Pope is elected, led the procession to the bottom of the central corridor to the altar, with the incense clouds preceding it and the choir that frequented the series of saint anthem. In pairs, the Cardro in the red cassuxaire approaches the coffin, bent and issued a mark on the cross, followed by small groups of purple bishops, black targets, priests and nuns-then the doors were thrown to the audience.

It is expected that the heads of state will be the Francis funeral, but the three days of public viewing in the basilica allow the ordinary Catholics to the sadness of the Argentine Pope. The view ends on Friday at 7 pm, after which the coffin will be closed in Francis and sealed.

The death and funeral of Francis opens a carefully full transitional period in the Catholic Church of 1.4 billion, with the Cardinate gathering in the coming days before entering a tour, and voting in the secret rituals of the Sistine Church to elect the new Pope. There are 135 Cardinal less than 80 years old and qualified to vote, and the new ink is likely to come from within their ranks. The flavor is not expected to start before May 5.

Cardinal Cardinal Lazaros, you are Hyung Seick, who heads the Vatican priest’s office, that there was a short round, but he admitted that the move is full of efficiency.

He said on Wednesday: “We will see what the Holy Spirit says.” When asked if the next Pope could come from Asia, where the Catholic Church grows, he insisted: “For the sake of the Lord, there is no east or west.”

John Ribat, which John Ribat, prepared on Wednesday, on Wednesday, to leave for Rome to participate in the vote, to represent the State of the Poor Pacific Island of 12 million people and more than 800 languages ​​in a college of Cardinals, which Vanis diversified to a large period of 12 years.

“The important thing is that … Papua New Guinea is part of the church, and the international church. To be able to have an actor from here in the range, it is a big thing,” Ribart told Australian broadcasting newspaper.

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Francis put for the first time in the state at the Dumus Santa Marta Hotel in a special show for the Vatican residents and the papal family. The photos released by the Vatican on Tuesday showed the Pope in an open coffin, wearing the traditional bearing headscarf of the bishops and red arrival, folded his hands on the pink. The Vatican No. 2, Cardinal Petro Parolin, was photographed by Francis.

Once Bazilica entered, the coffin was not placed in Francis on a high head – as was the case with the previous popes – but placed on a slope, facing the seats. In line with the desires of Francis for all the rituals surrounding the papal funeral to be simplified to reflect his belief that the role of the Pope is the role of the simple priest, not the global leader.

“For me, Pope Francis represents a great priest, as well as a great friend of all of us,” said Mikee Sale, he visits Bachelika Saint Peter from Brazil.

The Italian police have stressed the security of watching and the funeral, which carried out foot patrols and horses around the Vatican, where the pilgrims continued to reach the holy year celebrations that Francis opened in December. Believers who walk through the door of Saint Peter are granted during such years, a way to help atone for sins.

“I think it has published a positive message around the world, saying that there should be no violence, there should be peace all over the world,” said Amit Kokriga from Australia.

The funeral was appointed for Saturday at 10 am in St. Boutros Square, and leaders will be attended by US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Voluder Zellinski.

Cardinals continue their meetings this week to plan elegance and take other decisions on the management of the Catholic Church.

The first appearance in Latin America in history mocked the world with its modest style and its anxiety for the poor, but they areolated many conservatives with criticism of capitalism and climate change.

Francis had some reservations about his last tour of Popemobile through St. Peter’s Square on Easter. But he overcame them, as the news agency said, and he was grateful because he received the crowd. He died the next morning.

Julio Henrik of Brazil said: “The death of the Pope is not a small thing, because we have lost our leader. So … something remains hope. Who will assume the throne of Peter?”

–The Associated Press Silvia Stelchi and Trica Thomas contributed to this report.