More than 130,000 people from all over the world from Wednesday Mail Pope Franji, who passed away 21. April, and the believers gathered in the Basilica of St. Peter during the night and in early morning hours.
The basilica was opened and mostly during the night, it was closed only three hours, between 2.30 and 5.30 in the morning due to cleaning, Reuters transferred.
Konklava, a selection of a new pope, probably won’t start before 6. May.
Cardinals present in Rome, which temporarily took control of the Roman Catholic Church from 1.4 billion believers, meet every day in the so-called General Assembly.
The city is preparing for the arrival of hundreds of high delegations that will attend the funeral, including the US President Donald Trump, who will arrive in Rome tonight.
The ark of Pape Franje will be sealed during the liturgical rite that will be held in the Basilica of St. Peter tonight at 8 p.m.
Cardinal Kevin Farrel will lead the rite of the sealing of the late Pope Franje the late Pope Francis, on the eve of the Pope’s funeral.
The liturgical rite will attend several cardinals and officials of the Holy Chair, the Vatican News report.
This will mark the end of the public exposure of the body in the Basilica of St. Peter, in which tens of thousands of people betrayed the tribute to the late Papi.
The Office for Liturgical Events requested that the ritual of battening was attended by the Cardinals Djovani Batista Re, Pjetro Parolin, Roger Mahoni, Domeniko Mamberti, Mauro Gambeti, Baldasar Reina and Konrad Krajevski.
Among those who help the rite will be the Archbishop Edgar climber, Archbishop Ilson de Hesus Montanari and Monsinjor Leonardo Sapienna, as well as the Secretaries of the late Pope.
Papa Franje’s funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, 26. April at 10.00 on Sveti Peter Square, the beginning of Novo-Day Grief and Mass will be marked for the few souls of the late Pope, transferred Tanjug.
(Vijesti.ba)
