{"id":289237,"date":"2025-04-24T11:53:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T11:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/mourners-pay-respect-to-pope-francis-as-cardinals-fine-tune-funeral-plans\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T11:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T11:53:05","slug":"mourners-pay-respect-to-pope-francis-as-cardinals-fine-tune-funeral-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/mourners-pay-respect-to-pope-francis-as-cardinals-fine-tune-funeral-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Mourners Pay Respect to Pope Francis as Cardinals Fine Tune Funeral Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/24\/multimedia\/24int-pope-ptkm\/24int-pope-ptkm-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mourners Pay Respect to Pope Francis as Cardinals Fine Tune Funeral Plans\" title=\"Mourners Pay Respect to Pope Francis as Cardinals Fine Tune Funeral Plans\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Priests, pilgrims and cardinals dressed in black robes and red sashes mixed in the streets of the Vatican on Thursday as tens of thousands of Catholics paid their respects to Pope Francis and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/pope-francis-death-health-problems.html\" title=\"\">preparations for the funeral<\/a> accelerated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The conclave to select the next pope has not yet started \u2014 the Vatican has not announced the date when voting will begin \u2014 but cardinals on Thursday morning held their third congregation meeting in the Holy See\u2019s apostolic palace since <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/21\/world\/europe\/pope-francis-dead.html\" title=\"\">Francis died on Easter Monday<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During the gatherings, the cardinals decide on the logistics of the mourning period, but Vatican experts say they can also set <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/21\/world\/europe\/pope-death-traditions-rituals-funeral.html\" title=\"\">the agenda for the conclave<\/a> and privately lay out their priorities as they get ready to choose the next pope. More cardinals have arrived in Rome in recent days ahead of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/23\/world\/europe\/pope-francis-funeral-when-time-watch.html\" title=\"\">Francis\u2019 funeral on Saturday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As they trickled out of a door in the Vatican near the Sant\u2019Anna church on Wednesday, after their second meeting since Francis died, some cardinals outlined topics that they wanted the church to focus on.<\/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\">\u201cThe central point is the preaching of the authentic faith as it is,\u201d said one conservative cardinal, Mauro Piacenza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Most of the cardinals\u2019 decisions that have been publicly disclosed have related to arrangements for Francis\u2019 funeral and commemorations, but the churchmen will also need to pick a date for the conclave.<\/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\">During one of the congregation meetings before the 2013 conclave, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio gave a speech that emphasized the church\u2019s duty to reach those at the \u201cperipheries.\u201d The speech made a significant mark, and Cardinal Bergoglio was elected in the ensuing conclave, becoming Pope Francis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Since Wednesday, about 50,000 people have paid their respects to Francis, whose body was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/23\/world\/europe\/pope-francis-coffin-lying-in-state-st-peters.html\" title=\"\">lying in state in St. Peter\u2019s Basilica<\/a>, the Vatican said. Thousands more were lining up in St. Peter\u2019s Square on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cPope Francis is watching us from up there,\u201d said Bruna Donato, 70, one of the mourners. \u201cHe knows who goes and who doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/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\/24\/world\/europe\/pope-francis-cardinals-conclave-vatican.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Priests, pilgrims and cardinals dressed in black robes and red sashes mixed in the streets of the Vatican on Thursday as tens of thousands of Catholics paid their respects to Pope Francis and preparations for the funeral accelerated. 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