Notice from the Office of Liturgical Celebrations, 22.04.2025
Notification translation of the Coffin of the Roman Pontiff Francis into the Vatican Basilica
On Wednesday 23 April 2025, at 9.00 AM, the coffin with the deceasedRoman Pontiff Francis will be carriedfrom the Chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae to the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter, in accordance with the provisions of the Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis (nos. 41-65).
After the moment of prayer, presided over byHis Reverend Eminence Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, the translation will begin.
The processionwill cross Piazza Santa Marta and Piazza dei Protomartiri Romani; from the Arco delle Campaneit will enter Saint Peter’s Square andenter the Vatican Basilica via the central door.
At theAltar of the Confessio, the Cardinal Camerlengo will preside over the Liturgy of the Word, at the end of which the visits to the body of the Roman Pontiff will begin.
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ThePatriarchs and theCardinals, wearing their own choral habit, should be present in theChapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae at8.45 AM.
TheArchbishops andBishops,Canons of the Vatican Chapter, theVatican Ordinary Minor Penitents and, in accordance with the Motu Proprio “Pontificalis Domus”, allthe members of the Papal Chapel, wearing their own choral habit, are requested to be present inPiazza Santa Marta by8.30 AM.
Vatican City, 22 April 2025
By mandate of the College of Cardinals
✠ Diego Ravelli
Titular Archbishop of Recanati
Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations
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