POPE FRANCIS FNALLY GOES TO HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE
Somber chants of four psalms preceded by five intercessions, and the pater noster dropping mournfully on the lips of Catholic faithful present, heralding the last prayer. The sigils of the Cardinal Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, Kevin Joseph Farrell, of the Prefecture of the Papal Household, of the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Roman Pontiff and of the Liberian Chapter were printed on the coffin.
Subsequently, the coffin was positioned in the tomb and speckled with holy water while the Regina Caeli was chanted. Then there was the final formality: the notary of the Liberian Chapter read the act certifying the burial to those present. It was then signed by the Cardinal Camerlengo, the Regent of the Papal Household, Monsignor Leonardo Sapienza, and by the Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations, Archbishop Diego Ravelli.
Pope Francis’ body found a final home in the side aisle of the Basilica of St Mary Major, between the Pauline Chapel, where his beloved icon of Our Lady ‘Salus Populi Romani’ is located, and the Sforza Chapel.
