Vatican city – so much Lined up the gum to see Pope Francis lying in the state In a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter's basil, which the Vatican kept the door open all night due to a higher than the expected turnout, closing the basilica on Thursday morning.
The basilica closed from 6am to 7am, the scheduled time of opening, and, according to the French AFP agency, thousands lined up at the beginning of Thursday to pay their respect.
The Vatican said about 48,600 people have fallen past Francis“The coffin from 11 am on Wednesday, when the state tributes started, by 8:30 am on Thursday, AFP reports. Later on Thursday, the Vatican put a number of 61,000, AFP said.
The Vatican also announced that the Pontiff's grave can be visited in the morning on Sunday, AFP reports.
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Basilica swims in muted silence, because mourning from all over the world make a slow, re -pelted procession up the main passage to give the last respect to the Franc died on Monday after stroke and heart failure.
The hours spent on the majestic through the Della Concilizione through St. Peter's Square and through the holy doors in the basilica allowed to find the community around the heritage of the Argentine Pantif and a modest person.
Emilian Fernandez, a Catholic from Mexico, waited in the queue near the north, and two hours later he did not reach the basilica.
“I don't even care how long I wait here. It's just an opportunity (showing) how I admired Francis in his life,” Fernandez said, the passion for the Pope who grew up during his 2016 visit.
Among the first days of mourning was a church group of 14-year-old children from near Milan, who arrived for is now subjected to canonization of the first millennial saintAnd also a woman who prayed in the Pope for a successful operation, and an Italian family that led her young children to see the pope's body.
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“We came because we did not bring them when he was alive, so we thought we would bring them to the final farewell,” said Rosa Scorpati, which came out of the Basilica on Wednesday with his three children.
Like many others, the scorpati family from Calabria was in Rome on an Easter vacation, just to meet with News about the death of Francis in Easter Monday.
From the devotion to the Pope and his message about the inclusion of mourning believers joined the marketer who spent from St. Peter's Square through the holy doors of the basilica, and repentance among which he won indulgence, the form of redemption provided on the holidays of the anniversary. From there, the line continued down the central passage of the basilica to the Pope's simple wooden box.
After three days of public viewing, a a funeral mass including heads of state It will take place on Saturday at St. Peter's Square. Then the Pope will be buried in a niche in the Basilica of St. Mary, near his beloved icon Madonna.
The death of Francis, who was 88, restricted the 12-year-old pontificate characterized by his care about the poor, and his report on inclusion, but he was also criticized by some conservatives who felt alienated by his progressive forecasts.
A A procession of priests, bishops and cardinals accompanied Francis' body on Wednesday In the way from private viewing inside the Vatican to St. Peter's Square. The technical program was contrasted with human interaction with ranks and files in public viewing.
Francis lay in the state in an open box sitting on a ramp standing in front of the mourning, with four Swiss guards. When the crowd reached the box, many raised their smartphones to take a photo.
One nun, who accompanies an elderly woman with a reed, gone, sobbing, “My pope is gone.”
Such despair was rare. The mood was more gratitude for the Pope, which, for example, taught many people to discover the mind.