The cardinals have also decided that the public viewing of Pope Francis will begin Wednesday in St Peter’s Basilica, after his casket is taken by procession from the Vatican hotel where he lived.
The master of liturgical ceremonies, Archbishop Diego Ravelli, issued the rubrics for the procession by mandate of the College of Cardinals, which met today to take the first decisions following Francis’ death.
Presiding over the procession and the ritual transfer will be the camerlengo, or interim administrator of the Vatican, Cardinal Kevin Farrell.
