Cardinals meet at Vatican to choose date for Pope Francis’ funeral

Vatican City: View of the St. Peter's cathedral premises, in Vatican City, Rome, Monday, April 21, 2025. Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. (PTI Photo/Vijay Joshi)(PTI04_21_2025_000521B)
Vatican City, Apr 22 (AP) Cardinals have decided that the public viewing of Pope Francis will begin Wednesday in St. Peter’s Basilica, after his casket is taken by procession from the Vatican hotel where he lived.

The master of liturgical ceremonies, Archbishop Diego Ravelli, issued the rubrics for the procession by mandate of the College of Cardinals, which met Tuesday to take the first decisions following Francis’ death.

Presiding over the procession and the ritual transfer will be the camerlengo, Cardinal Kevin Farrell. (AP) AMS

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