{"id":288244,"date":"2025-04-23T08:19:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/23\/pope-francis-coffin-is-moved-to-st-peters-in-solemn-procession\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T08:19:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:19:04","slug":"pope-francis-coffin-is-moved-to-st-peters-in-solemn-procession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/23\/pope-francis-coffin-is-moved-to-st-peters-in-solemn-procession\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis\u2019 Coffin Is Moved to St. Peter\u2019s in Solemn Procession"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/23\/multimedia\/23int-pope-procession-02-ltzf\/23int-pope-procession-02-ltzf-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pope Francis\u2019 Coffin Is Moved to St. Peter\u2019s in Solemn Procession\" title=\"Pope Francis\u2019 Coffin Is Moved to St. Peter\u2019s in Solemn Procession\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Pope Francis\u2019 coffin was carried in a procession on Wednesday from his residency at the Vatican to St. Peter\u2019s Square, where crowds waited under the warm Roman sun to say a goodbye to the pontiff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As Latin chants resounded, the long procession of red-hatted cardinals, bishops in violet capes and Swiss Guards in striped uniforms entered the basilica with the coffin holding the body of Francis, who <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/21\/world\/europe\/pope-francis-dead.html\" title=\"\">died on Monday morning<\/a> at 88. The coffin was carried across the central aisle then placed under Bernini\u2019s bronze canopy as a choir chanted the names of Catholic saints.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Francis\u2019 body, treated and dressed in papal vestments, his head covered with a white bishop\u2019s miter, will <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/22\/world\/europe\/pope-francis-death-casket-photos.html\" title=\"\">lie in state<\/a> at St. Peter\u2019s Basilica for several days to allow the faithful to bid farewell. The <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/21\/world\/europe\/pope-death-traditions-rituals-funeral.html\" title=\"\">pope\u2019s funeral<\/a> will take place on Saturday, with international leaders among those expected to attend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Long lines formed outside St Peter\u2019s Basilica on Wednesday. Some people had traveled thousands of miles, a testament to the pope\u2019s outreach to faraway places.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWith Pope Francis, we always feel loved,\u201d said Marian Manalo, 63, from the Philippines. \u201cThe Philippines were very close to his heart,\u201d added her friend, Delta Canela, 63.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/23\/world\/europe\/pope-francis-coffin-lying-in-state-st-peters.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis\u2019 coffin was carried in a procession on Wednesday from his residency at the Vatican to St. Peter\u2019s Square, where crowds waited under the warm Roman sun to say a goodbye to the pontiff. 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