Pope Francis to lie in state, mourners welcome: What to expect from the pontiff's funeral

For his last journey, Pope Francis, dressed successful reddish vestments and a accepted achromatic cassock, volition beryllium carried to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore extracurricular the Vatican connected Saturday, wherever helium volition beryllium laid to rest.

Pope Francis, calved Jorge Mario Bergoglio to Regina Maria Sivori and Mario Jose Francisco successful Argentina, died connected Monday, April 21, 2025, of a changeable and cardiac arrest, according to the Vatican.

In the aboriginal greeting of Easter Monday, Pope Francis suffered a stroke, followed by a coma. The erstwhile caput of the Catholic Church past went into irreversible cardiocirculatory illness and died astatine 88 years old, according to the Vatican.

POPE FRANCIS REVEALED BURIAL WISHES JUST DAYS AFTER BECOMING POPE IN 2013

Pope Francis served the Catholic Church arsenic the 266th pontiff from 2013-2025. (Fillipo Monteforte/AFP via Getty)

His last nationalist quality was connected Easter Sunday, erstwhile helium provided blessings to crowds of faithful astatine St. Peter's Square.

On Feb. 14, 2025, Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital, wherever helium received a aesculapian diagnosis of treble pneumonia and remained hospitalized for 38 days.

What to expect the week of Pope Francis’ funeral?

On Tuesday morning, astir 60 Catholic cardinals held their archetypal gathering since Pope Francis’s death, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. section clip successful Rome.

The gathering began with a supplication for the deceased pontiff. The high-ranking priests swore to obey the rules of the ceremonial plans that Pope Francis made past year. Finally, Bergoglio’s last volition and testament were read.

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Pope Francis died connected April 21, 2025, the time aft Easter Sunday. (Alessandra Benedetti/Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

He requested that the tomb work lone "Franciscus," with nary notation of his 12-year papacy, a unsocial displacement from the burial places of past popes.

On Monday successful Rome, a rosary work was held for Pope Francis successful St. Peter’s Square by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti.

Beginning Wednesday astatine 9 a.m. section clip (03:00 ET) and continuing until the funeral, Pope Francis’s assemblage volition prevarication successful authorities astatine St. Peter’s Basilica, wherever mourners tin wage their respects.

The procession of Pope Francis’s assemblage volition walk done Santa Marta Square, the Square of the Roman Protomartyrs and the Arch of the Bells into St. Peter’s Square earlier entering the Vatican Basilica.

Mourners are invited to wage their respects astatine St. Peter’s Basilica successful the pursuing days and times:

• Wednesday, April 23, 2025, from 11 a.m. - midnight (0500-1800 ET)
• Thursday, April 24, 2025, from 7 a.m. - midnight (0100-1800 ET)
• Friday, April 25, 2025, from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. (0100-1300 ET)

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Pope Francis is often referred to arsenic "the People’s Pope" and traveled to parts of the satellite uncommon for popes to visit. (AFP via Getty Images)

What to expect from Pope Francis’ funeral

On Saturday, April 26, 2025, astatine 10 a.m. section time, Pope Francis’s beingness volition beryllium celebrated during a Mass presided implicit by His Most Reverend Eminence Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals.

Bishops, priests, cardinals, archbishops and patriarchs from astir the satellite volition officiate the service.

The events volition reason with the opening of the Novemdiales, a symbolic and procedural play of 9 days of prayer, mourning and remembrance.

Another ceremonial Mass volition beryllium held connected Sunday by Italian Cardinal and Secretary of State Pietro Parolin.

Pope Francis volition beryllium taken to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore for burial.

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Pope Francis, calved Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was from Argentina and the archetypal pope successful past from the Global South. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

What does Pope Francis’ volition say?

The 266th pontiff revealed his burial wishes conscionable days aft being elected successful 2013.

"It was his content that helium whitethorn not unrecorded precise long," Neomi DeAnda, a trained constructive theologian, told Fox News Digital. "He was already successful his 70s erstwhile helium was elected pope, and helium wanted to beryllium prepared erstwhile God called him home."

"In the Name of the Holy Trinity. Amen.

"Feeling that the sunset of my earthly beingness is approaching and with lively anticipation successful the Eternal Life, I privation to explicit my testamentary volition lone with respect to the spot of my Burial.

"I person ever entrusted my beingness and the priestly and episcopal ministry to the Mother of Our Lord, Mary Most Holy. Therefore, I inquire that my mortal remains remainder waiting for the time of the resurrection successful the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.

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Pope Francis' beingness volition beryllium celebrated successful Rome connected Saturday, April 26, 2025. (The Associated Press)

"I privation my past earthly travel to extremity successful this past sanctuary Mariano wherever I went for supplication astatine the opening and extremity of each Apostolic Journey to confidently entrust my intentions to the Immaculate Mother and convey Her for the docile and maternal care.

"I inquire that my tomb beryllium prepared successful the spread of the aisle betwixt the Pauline Chapel (Chapel of the Salus Populi Romani) and the Sforza Chapel of the aforementioned Papal Basilica arsenic Indicated successful the attached annex.

"The tomb indispensable beryllium successful the earth; simple, without peculiar decorum and with the lone inscription: Franciscus.

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"The expenses for the mentation of my burial volition beryllium covered with the sum of the benefactor who I person arranged, to beryllium transferred to the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and of which I person provided to springiness due instructions to Mons. Rolandas Makrickas, Extraordinary Commissioner of the Chapter Liberian.

"May the Lord springiness the well-deserved reward to those who person loved maine and volition proceed to commune for me. The suffering that was made successful the past portion of my beingness I offered to the Lord for bid successful the satellite and brotherhood among peoples."