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Security personnel stand guard as faithfuls queue to enter St Peter's Basilica to pay respect as Pope Francis lies in state, as seen from Rome, Italy, April 25, 2025. — Reuters
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The Vatican is ready to finalize the preparations for Pope Francis’s funeral on Friday, as thousands of mournful St. Peters continue to pay for his honor in Baselica, where his open coffin is displayed.
Notable figures like the United States President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Wolodmeer Zilnsky are expected to be on Friday, with remarkable figures, such as the United States President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Wolodimier Zillsky, on Friday, with a prominent gathering of 50, and a prominent gathering of 50, and a prominent gathering.
In the expectation of the funeral, Italian and Vatican officials are following strict security measures, including drone restrictions, roof snipers, and fighter jets on standby.
More checkpoints will be activated on Friday night, police said.
Tens of thousands of people are already in line for hours to give Francis the last respect, whose coffin will be closed at 8pm and 8 minutes, attended by senior cardinals.
Cardinal Kevin Faryel, Camera Lango, who runs the body on the Vatican day until the new pope is selected, will preside over the so -called “coffin seal ritual”.
The first Latin American pop of the Catholic Church died on Monday at the age of 88, which was less than a month to spend weeks at the hospital with severe pneumonia.
Veronic Montes-Columb, a French-based tourist, who attended the state of lying on Thursday in St. Peters, said she was in Mass on Sunday, the last public of Pontf.
He told AFP, “We saw the pope passing through the ‘Popmobile’. They looked relatively healthy, and we were surprised to know that she had died on Monday morning.
Argentina Pontuff, who had been experiencing health for a long time, refused the doctors’ orders by appearing in Easter the most important moment of the Catholic calendar.
Jessot has been facing condolences from all over the world, which is a passionate reformist, who in his 12 years in harmony with the head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholic.
He used his last speech to rail against those who turned to “humiliating … weak, backward and migrant.”
At least 130 foreign delegations are expected at its funeral and a fly zone will be implemented.
‘Short but intense’
The Pope’s coffin was arranged in front of St. Peter’s altar for three days to lie, in which Francis was dressed in his Pupal’s clothing-a red chassel, white mitler and black shoes.
“It was a short but severe moment with his body,” said Masimo Paulo, 63, after his visit.
He added, “He was a pope in his people, his flock, and I hope the next Papisi will be like him.”
Italy’s Civil Protection Agency estimates that “millions of” people will land on Rome, who was already ready to be busy weekends due to public holidays on Friday.
After the last rites, the coffin of Francis will be run at the speed of walking at the speed of walking at the speed of his favorite church, Santa Maria Maggiever at the Popal Baselica in Rome.
Vatican said Pontaf was the champion of the U -Dogs, and a group of “poor and needy” would be there to welcome the coffin.
It will be interrupted in the earth, its simple grave is marked with just one word: Francis.
People will be able to visit the tomb from Sunday morning.
After that, everyone’s eyes will turn to the process of selecting Francis’ successor.
Cardinals from all over the world are returning to the room when a new Pontuff is selected.
In the absence of the Pope, Cardinals have been meeting every day to agree on the next steps, with another meeting at 9am and 9 minutes on Friday.
They have not yet announced the date for the conference, but after the Pope’s death, it should not start less than 15 days and more than 20 days.
People under just 80 – currently some 135 cardinals – are eligible to vote.
According to British Book Maker William Hill, Italian Cardinal Petro Pirulin, who was second to Francis, is a favorite.
He placed it ahead of Manila’s Metropolitan Arc Bishop Emirates, Philippine Louis Antonio Tagle, followed by Cardinal Peter Tarkson of Ghana, and Archbishop Matu Zopi of Bolona.
