The Vatican released pictures of Pope Francis, who was placed in an open coffin before confirming the death of the Pope's party.
His Holiness died after suffering a stroke that led to an irreversible heart failure after hospitalization for weeks with pneumonia. It was 88.
The ink corpse was placed in the sarcophagus late Monday night, with Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vaticano – “Chamberlain”, which works mainly as president of the Vatican between the end of the papacy and the beginning of another – reading the official announcement of death loudly at an intimate party.
A seal was also placed on the papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace, as well as the Santa Marta chapel, where he lived.
In the photos shared by the Vatican on Tuesday, the Pope can be seen in his clothes with the pink at hand.
The festive guards can be seen standing on both sides of the coffin, where Vatican officials and members of the papal family attended the private viewing.
The official lying period is scheduled to start on Wednesday, which welcomes the public to enter Basilica St. Peter to pay her final respect.
“The transfer of the body of the Holy Father to the Vatican Basilica to honor all believers can happen on Wednesday morning,” said Matteo Brownie, a Vatican spokesman.
Cardinals gathered in the Vatican on Tuesday morning to start the funeral plans, as well as the perfected ceremony, which represents the end of the papacy before next.
The selection of the new Pope – called Conclave – is generally between 15 and 20 days after the death of the Pope.
It is expected that the first meeting of the Cardinate Community will start on Tuesday morning in the Single Hall in the Vatican.
Later, the group will determine when the Pope's body can be transferred to the Church of St. Peter for public watching.
Once you get there, his coffin will not be placed on a high dear. Instead, the audience will see its coffin facing the seats alongside the Pasqual candle.
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As for the funeral, Pope Francis will be buried between Friday and Sunday, according to the standards approved last year.
He also put plans to put his body in a simple wooden coffin with a zinc coffin inside – on the blatant contrast with the three wooden coffins chosen by the former Pontevs.
Read more about the death of Pope Francis
The Pope said in his last year before his death: “When I feel a twilight near my earthly life, and with firm hope in eternal life, I would like to expose my final wishes only regarding the place of my burial,” said the Pope in his last year before his death.
“Throughout my life, during my service as a priest and bishop, I have always entrusted myself to the mother of our Lord, the blessed Virgin Mary.”
He continued, “For this reason, I ask to remain comfortable – waiting for the Day of Resurrection – in Bazilica, St. Mary Al -Babylon.
“I hope that my last worldly journey will end exactly in this ancient Maryam's haven, as I always stopped praying at the beginning and end of each Royal journey, and I became entrusted with the confidence of my intentions to the pure mother, and I thank her pleasant care and mothers.”
