Period will end on Saturday, coinciding with the pontiff’s funeral, who died on Monday (21) at 88
It decreed on Tuesday (22) five days of national mourning for the death of the mourning that will continue until Saturday, announced the Minister of Civil Protection, Nello Musumeci. The mourning will end on Saturday, coinciding with the funeral of the Argentine Pope, who died on Monday (21) at the age of 88. In 2005, the then Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi decreed three days of mourning for the death of John Paul II.
Pope Francis’ funeral will take place on Saturday (25), but the faithful will be able to give their last goodbye to the first Latin American pontiff from Wednesday in St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican announced on Tuesday (22). The funeral mass will be celebrated at 10:00 (5:00 am from Brasilia) in the Vatican Square of St. Peter, located in front of the Basilica of the same name and where the Argentine Jesuit made his last public appearance on Easter Sunday.
Posted by Luisa Cardoso
*With information from Estadão Content
