The burning chapel of Pope Francis in the Basilica of San Pedro concluded this Friday, after three days open for the faithful to say goodbye to the pontiff, to proceed to the coffin closing ceremony, before the funeral and the burial planned for Saturday.
As it has been seen in the distributed images of the interior of the Vatican Basilica, a few minutes before 19:00 local time (17:00 GMT), the faithful stopped parading before Francisco’s coffin and were only religious and personal of the Vatican in the interior of San Pedro.
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The workers then began to withdraw the chairs arranged next to the coffin, reserved for the nearby collaborators of the Argentine Pope and various authorities, as well as the fences that delimited the central nave, where for three days thousands of people endorsed to give their last goodbye.
From Tuesday morning, when Francisco’s body was transferred to the Basilica, more than 250 thousand people went to the Vatican to pay tribute, according to the Holy See on Friday.
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After the burning chapel, the coffin closing ceremony will be held, a solemn rite that precedes the funeral scheduled for this Saturday at 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT), which is expected to attend more than 200 thousand people.
With EFE information
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