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The Vatican has announced the Pope’s funeral will take place on Saturday, April 26 at 10:00 local time (09:00 BST).
Pope Francis will be taken to St Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday morning at 09:00 local time (08:00 BST).
The Pope’s coffin will be there until the burial for the public to pay their respects.
His body is currently laid out in a coffin in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence, where he lived during his 12-year papacy.
The Vatican had earlier announced that Pope Francis died of a stroke and subsequent irreversible heart failure, the Vatican has said.
Pope died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025.
Director of the Directorate of Health and Hygiene of the Vatican City State Andrea Arcangeli issued the official certification.
According to the medical report, the Pope had a prior history of acute respiratory failure caused by multimicrobial bilateral pneumonia, multiple bronchiectases, high blood pressure, and Type II diabetes.
“His death was confirmed through electrocardiographic thanatography. I hereby declare, that the causes of death, to the best of my knowledge and judgment, are as stated above,” Arcangeli said.
Pope Francis’s funeral will take place outdoors in front of St Peter’s Basilica.
The dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista Re, will lead the service.