Crowd of mourners bids final farewell to Pope Francis as funeral begins

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Pope Francis’ wooden coffin was taken to St. Peters Square on Saturday, which identified the launch of a last ritual, which was attended by countless mourners, including prominent global leaders, pilgrims and church officials.

As the coffin, a large cross, came out of St. Peters Basilica, the crowds were applied, while the bells were paid tribute.

Leaders from more than 150 countries took their place, among them the United States President Donald Trump, who had previously clashed with Francis on immigration issues.

Open air function, which will be linked to 220 cardinals, 750 bishops and more than 4,000 other priests, was due to the last 90 minutes.

In the early hours, thousands of ordinary mourners rushed to the Vatican. Many people camped to try and preserve places in front of the crowd for the event.

“We’re waiting all night,” Spanish Pelgram Maria Fero said. “It is very emotional to be with Francis (Francis) in his last moments.”

Mary James, who is the Francisan monk, also waited overnight. “I woke up all night,” he said. “We want to say goodbye because he (a) living Sunnah was very humble and easy.”

Argentina’s pope died after a stroke, at the age of 88, at the age of 88. His death began in a cautious plan of transfer to the Roman Catholic Church, a 1.4 billion -member member, which has been subjected to ancient rituals, pompes and mourners.

In the last three days, about 250 250,000 people passed through its body, which was placed in the open coffin in front of the 16th century St. Peters Baselica’s altar.

Before taking his seats, Trump and his wife Melania respected them in the coffin of Francis in St. Peter’s Baselica. The coffin was closed on Friday night.

Other heads of the state, who left for Rome, included presidents from Argentina, France, Gabon, Germany, Philippines, Poland and Ukraine, as well as ministers from the UK and New Zealand.

When Ukrainian President Wolodmeir Zillsky appeared, clapped in the square.

The former US president to reach one of the first VIP was Joe Biden and his wife Jill.

The Vatican has said that about 250 250,000 mourners are expected to fill the wide and accessible routes to Baselica. The 91 -year -old Italian prejudice Cardinal Gyanal Bitsta RE will be chaired by the event.

“You can feel a lot of energy, yes, a little frustration because we are tired, but finally, we want to say ‘thank you’, thanks to Pope Francis,” said Edward Wallisia, who met with Mexico, thanks to Pope Francis for her church, “said Edward Wallisia.

For almost 13 centuries, the first non -European pope, Francis, fought to renovate the Roman Catholic Church during his 12 -year rule, together with the poor and the backward people, while challenging the wealthy countries to help change the change of migrants and climate.

“Francis gave everyone an amazing testimony to humanity, a sacred life and universal ancestors,” a formal summary of his Papisi written in Latin, and his body.

The traditionalists pushed back their efforts to make the church more transparent, while its requests for the elimination of conflicts, divisions and excessive capitalism are often over deaf ears.

Break with the tradition

The Pope usually eliminated most of the Pompe and privilege affiliated with Papisi, and his desire would face more simplicity in his last rites, re -writing the wide, book funeral rituals used.

Francis also chose the centuries -old Pro burying pops in three interacting costs made of cypress, lead and oak. Instead, it is placed in a single, zinc wooden coffin, which was closed overnight.

In a further interval with tradition, he will be the first pope to be buried outside the Vatican for more than a century, which will be preferred by Rome’s Baselica at a distance of 5.5 km (3.4 miles) from St. Peters, whose last resting place.

His tomb is only “Francis”, which is his name in Latin, written above. A simple, iron plating wear around her neck hangs over the slab of the marble.

His last rites will take him to the city for the last time, which will allow the Romans to say goodbye.

Italy has boarded one of the biggest security operations since John Paul II’s last rites. It has closed airspace on the city and called additional security forces, in which anti -aircraft missiles and patrol boats are protecting the program.

As soon as Francis was buried, the focus will be on who can succeed.

The secret gathering to choose a successor is unlikely to begin before May 6, and may not start for several days, which gives cardinals time to regularly meet regular meetings so that they can assess each other and examine the condition of the church, which are financial problems and theoretical distributions.