Pope Francis’s tomb opened for the visitors of the Basilica Mayor of Santa María in Rome on Sunday, one day after world leaders and a multitude of thousands of thousands assisted the funeral of the late leader of the Catholic Church.
The faithful Roman Catholics are presenting the simple white tomb in the Major Basilica of Santa María. Many manage the sign of the cross or take photos on their cell phones, since users urge them to continue to accommodate the thousands who came in the Basilica of Rome to see the tomb, forming a long line outside. The grave opened in the second of nine days of official mourning for Francis, after which a conclave will be a hero for electricity to the next Pope.
A single white rose was placed in the grave that said “Francisco”, the name of the Pope in Latin. A light shed his warm brightness on the grave and a reproduction of the Pontiff’s pectoral cross on the wall on it.
The waiting time is about an hour, according to SkyTV. Some visitors raised before dawn so they could enter at 7 am when the tomb opened for the first time.
It is estimated that 200,000 people also attended a special mass in the Basilica of San Pedro on Sunday by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of the Vatican.
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Parolin, a close collaborator from Francis, delivered a highly anticipated homily. It is considered number 2 in the Vatican and is one of the possible contestants to be the next Pope.
“The pastor to whom the Lord gave his people, Pope Francis, has finished his earthly life and has left us,” Parolin said in his homily. “The complaint in its departure, the feeling of sadness that assails us, the agitation we feel in our hearts, the meaning of Bewing: we are experimental all this, like the apostles who hurt on the death of Jesus. However, the Gospel says that this born was born with the light of the resurrection, to illuminate our hearts.”
Parolin emphasized that the mercy of God was a central focus of the late Argentine Pope.
“He reminded us that ‘Mercy’ is the same name of God and, therefore, no one can put a limit to his merciful love with which Hey Hens to raise us and make new people. It is important to well
Parolin added: “Only mercy heals and creates a new world, turning off the fires of Drust, hate and violence: this is the great teaching of Pope Francis.”
Among the attendees were many young people who originally arrived in Rome, so it was supposed to be the canonization of the first Millennial Saint, Carlo Acutis, special duration of holy days dedicated to adolescents.
Around 80,000 young people had registered the jubilee. Many groups of young people, some in exploration uniforms, attended Francis’s funeral on Saturday and again St. Peter’s Square for the special mass on Sunday.
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The Boy Scouts who participated in the Jubilee or the adolescents attended a Mass presided by the Secretary of State of the Vatican, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, in the Plaza de San Pedro in El Vaticano, on Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
“The joy of Easter, which sustains us in this moment of proof and sadness, is something that can almost be touched in this place today; you can see above all in their faces, dear children and young people who have been Alle, of all of all,” “” “” “of everything.” “” You come from so many places: from all the dioceses of Italy, from Europe, from the United States to Latin America, from Africa to Asia, from the United Arab Emirates … with you here, everyone is really present! “
A date for the conclave has not yet been established, but it is expected to begin between May 5 and 10.
Pope Francis chose his place of burial in the main basilica of Santa María, near an icon of the Madonna that he venerated, because he reflects his life “humble, simple and essential”, the archbishop who manages the basilica said Friday.
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The cardinals who traveled to Rome for Francis’s funeral will meet regularly this week before the conclave as they begin to draw a path to follow for the Catholic Church of 1.4 billion people.
At 4 pm on Sunday, the cardinals will pray in Francis’s tomb.
Italian media reported that the former president Joe Biden With private with Parolin on Saturday. In 2015, the two with When Biden sought the comfort of the cardinal after the death of his son Beau.
Courtney Walsh-Adei of Fox News and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
