The gates of the Basilica of the Virgin Mary larger in Rome opened on Sunday morning for believers who want to pay tribute to Pope Francis’ grave the day after the funeralinforms TASR, according to DPA.
From the early morning hours, hundreds of believers gathered in front of the basilica, which allowed the entrance at 7.00. Pope, this temple in the center of Rome, also known under his Italian name Santa Maria Maggiore, but also as the Basilica of the Virgin Mary of Snow, chose for The place of its last resting place of the Basilica of Sts. Peter in the Vatican, where several of his predecessors are buried. Francis buried on Saturday after the funeral ceremonies on the square. Peter in the Vaticanin which hundreds of thousands of believers and a number of world leaders and foreign delegations participated.
The funeral accompaniment with a coffin in a specially modified papamobile followed along the Rome’s six -kilometer route to the Basilica of the Virgin Mary larger. The burial of the Pope in a simple grave marked with the inscription Franciscus (‘František’ in Latin) was non -public. Seven other pontifiers are buried in the popular Marian basilica of the late head of the Catholic Church. Francis was buried in it as the first after more than 350 years. Cardinals who gathered in Rome to the funeral of the Pope and the upcoming conclave on which they will elect Francis’ successor, Together they will visit his grave in the afternoon at 4 pm and the evening prayer.
