Francis will lie in state for three days to allow Catholic faithful to pay their final respects
After a brief ceremony inside the Santa Maria chapel, the coffin is now being moved to St Peter’s Basilica, as the bells toll for Pope Francis.
Camerlengo Kevin Farrell leads the prayer:
Dear brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow, we now accompany the mortal remains of our Pope Francis to the Vatican Basilica, where he often exercised his ministry as Bishop of the Church which is in Rome and as Pastor of the universal Church.
As we now leave this home, let us thank the Lord for the countless gifts that he bestowed on the Christian people through his servant, Pope Francis.
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