• The funeral of Pope Francis will be different from the funeral of his predecessors. The Pope changed the funeral rituals last year, focusing on humility and removing some joy and circumstances.

Pope Francis, who has headed the Catholic Church since 2013, has He died at the age of 88.

The Pope 266 was taken to the hospital earlier this year due to the complex lung infection that led to kidney problems. His death will start its coordination process, which appears to be very different from those in his predecessors. Last year, Francis held many changes on the papal funeral ritual, and effectively wrote a new text for his own funeral and next.

Jorge Mario Bergolio was born, and Pope Francis was elected to Babawiya at the age of 76, after Pope Benedict XVI resigned. It was his public life that confirmed the humility Honorary with the poor– He chose a less official approach to his office with Focus on reform.

It was the time of Francis as it was Pope A. Pioneer. Women were granted voting rights at a major meeting, Senod bishops, he and It opens the door of the Catholic Church For unions of the same sex (although it warned that these blessings will remain separate from marriage).

Francis wrote in 2023: “We cannot only be denying judges and pushing back and excluding,” Francis wrote in 2023.

Pope Francis will not be buried in the Vatican

Even before changing the funeral rituals, he pointed to a different approach to how he was treated.

While most of the Pope was buried in the caves under the Church of St. Peter, Francis announced in 2023 that it would be buried Roma, Santa Maria Magiuri Bazilica, instead. He said that he would allow him to be near Madonna’s favorite icon.

The funeral of Pope Francis will avoid a lot of spices and circumstances

Then last year, Francis changed the funeral rituals that had to be used when he died. These were the first changes in 24 years.

The changes were considered necessary after the death of Pope Benedict XVI in 2022, when the Vatican was forced to arrange a funeral for the retired Pope for the first time in 600 years. Francis gave the opportunity to simplify things.

Francis avoided a lot of greatness and competition for the Babylon, and chose (for example) to live in the Vatican Hotel instead of the Apostolic Palace, where the previous popes lived. It is also preferable to travel in small cars instead of SUVs.

One of the changes he made on the funeral plans for the Bapa was to get rid of the condition of placing the Pope on a high platform in the Church of St. Peter during public viewing. Instead, his body and the combat of future popes will fall into a simple coffin.

Also imitation of burial that requires three tangled coffins made of oak, cypress and lead to get rid of.

Archbishop Diego Ravili, the master of papal liturgical celebrations, He said Vatican News Changes arise “more than that that the Roman funeral is the funeral of the shepherd and the disciple of Christ and not from a strong man in this world.”

The Bible changes in papal funerals

While the rituals are still calling for the memorial masses in the Vatican for nine days, the reviews also updated the language in the readings of prayer and the readings of the Bible to match the revised translations. More saints will also be included in the series of saints, which are repeated as the Pope’s body is transferred to the Church of St. Peter.

When will the nipse happen?

Pope Francis did not touch on the papal funeral plans to be you, a process in which the Vatican gathered to elect a new leader of the church. There is no specific time between the death of the Pope and the beginning of Conclave, but it is generally 15-20 days. Cardinals decide the time and date specified.

In Conclave, the Cardinals under the age of 80 will choose the next Pope. As of January 22, there were 252 Cardinal worldwide – 138 of which are appropriate to the requirements of age. The majority of voters are needed two -thirds of winning.

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