The Basilica of St. Peter will be transferred to nine in the morning, the body of Pope Francis from the chapel of Santa Marta. There he will remain in an open coffin until Friday to allow those who wish to pay their respects.

Just before the procession begins, ma little prayer will be read by Camerlengo, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who runs the Vatican after the death of the Pope.

The general public will be able to visit the Basilica of St. Peter from 11:00 until midnight on Wednesday, from 07:00 until midnight on Thursday and from 07:00 to 19:00 on Friday.

Breaking the tradition and changing the pope a few years ago, Cardinals will not stay private with the corpse while The coffin will not be raised on a pedestal.

The funeral will begin at 10:00 in the square in front of St. Peter’s Basilica and will be attended by Patriarchs, Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops and Priests from all over the world. The Dean of the Cardinal College, Cardinal Giovanni Batista, will lead the operation.

Cardinal Batista will deliver the last praise and validation – a final prayer where the Pope will be officially entrusted to God – and Pontiff’s body will be transferred to Santa Maria Maggiore For burial.

Huge crowds are expected on Saturday, with 250,000 people expected to attend the funeral. Many Heads of State and Kings have confirmed their participation, such as Prince William, US President Donald Trump, Spain King Felipe VI with Queen Letisia and French President Emmanuel Macron.

Where will Pope Francis be buried?

Pope Francis, who avoided the magnificence of Papism during his life, will continue to break tradition and death.

Historically, the popes are buried in triple coffins in marble tombs in the Basilica of St. Peter in the heart of the Vatican. Pope Francis asked to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in the Esquilino district of Rome and will become the first Pope in more than 100 years to be buried outside the Vatican.

In his last covenant, Pope Francis also asked to be buried “on earth, simply, without much decoration” and with the inscription of his papal name in Latin: Franciscus.

His body was transferred to the Santa Martha chapel on Monday night and his apartment was officially sealed, as the Vatican said.

The Pope’s last moments

Pope, the head of 1.4 billion Catholics in the world, died at his home in the Vatican on Monday at the age of 88 after a stroke. He recovered from double pneumonia for which he was hospitalized for five weeks.

His certificate of death, released by the Vatican, said that the stroke has caused a coma and “irreversible” heart failure.

Vatican official told yesterday Tuesday some of his last moments, λeating that His death came quickly and he did not suffer. Pope Francis began to feel unwell at around 5.30am Monday morning with his doctors watching him. At 7:35 he left his last breath.

“Thank you for bringing me back to St. Peter’s Square”: these words by Pope Francis to his personal nurse who encouraged him to take a last ride with the specially designed motor vehicle on Easter Sunday. This was also one of the last phrases of Pontiff before his death, according to Vatican News. But before they started for this ride, he asked his personal nurse Masimiliano Stavi: “Do you think I can do it?” And Straptti reassured him. He then stayed in the corridors of the square for almost fifteen minutes and blessed babies in a warm atmosphere, surrounded by numerous bodyguards. According to Vatican News, the Pope then rested in his apartment at his residence in Santa Martha in the Vatican in the afternoon and then dinned.

“He didn’t suffer, everything happened very quickly”they said to Vatican News.

And he was watched by his doctors’ team. He later fell into a coma and died at 7.35am.