AFP20 April 2025 | 23:30
Pope to be laid in coffin at 1800 GMT, Vatican says
"Tonight, Monday April 21 at 8:00 pm (1800 GMT), His Eminence the Most Reverend Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, will preside over the rite of certification of death and the laying of the body in the coffin," the Holy See said in a statement.
A portrait of Pope Francis sits at the Catholic Church of St. Catherine in Saint Petersburg on 21 April 2025. Pope Francis, leader of the Catholic Church since March 2013, died on Monday aged 88. Picture: AFP
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis's body will be laid in a coffin in the chapel at the Saint Martha residence where he lived at 8:00 pm (1800 GMT) on Monday, the Vatican said.
"Tonight, Monday April 21 at 8:00 pm (1800 GMT), His Eminence the Most Reverend Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, will preside over the rite of certification of death and the laying of the body in the coffin," the Holy See said in a statement.