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The homeless, migrants, prisoners, and transgender people will officially welcome Francis's casket
at the church where he will be interred.
Pope Francis’ funeral: What to expect, including a procession not seen in 100 years
This final stage of Pope Francis’ funeral will be like something not seen in Rome for 100 years. As his coffin is taken from St. Peter’s Basilica to St. Mary Major’s Basilica, a funeral hearse, followed by a small motorcade including cardinals, the pope’s relatives and the secretaries, nurses and butlers who cared for him, will follow the ancient Papal Way. It is the route the popes took in the Middle Ages when they traveled, usually on horseback, from St. Peter’s Basilica, following their consecration as successors of St. Peter, to the basilica of St. John Lateran to take possession of that church and the palace.
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The hearse carrying Pope Francis’ coffin will travel the same four-mile route “at walking pace,” the Vatican decided. It will pass through the heart of Rome.
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It will then proceed slowly along the Via dei Fori Imperiali, passing by what was once the Roman Senate, and the Colosseum, where early Christians met their death, along the Via Labicana, leaving the Basilica of St. John Lateran on the right, and then moving along the Via Merulana to the square and the basilica of St. Mary Major.
There, on the steps of the basilica, a group of 40 poor and needy people, including migrants, prisoners, the homeless and transgender people will welcome the coffin containing the remains of “the pope of the poor.”
This final stage of Pope Francis’ funeral will be like something not seen in Rome for 100 years. As his coffin is taken from St. Peter’s Basilica to St. Mary Major’s Basilica, a funeral hearse, followed by a small motorcade including cardinals, the pope’s relatives and the secretaries, nurses and butlers who cared for him, will follow the ancient Papal Way. It is the route the popes took in the Middle Ages when they traveled, usually on horseback, from St. Peter’s Basilica, following their consecration as successors of St. Peter, to the basilica of St. John Lateran to take possession of that church and the palace.
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The hearse carrying Pope Francis’ coffin will travel the same four-mile route “at walking pace,” the Vatican decided. It will pass through the heart of Rome.
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It will then proceed slowly along the Via dei Fori Imperiali, passing by what was once the Roman Senate, and the Colosseum, where early Christians met their death, along the Via Labicana, leaving the Basilica of St. John Lateran on the right, and then moving along the Via Merulana to the square and the basilica of St. Mary Major.
There, on the steps of the basilica, a group of 40 poor and needy people, including migrants, prisoners, the homeless and transgender people will welcome the coffin containing the remains of “the pope of the poor.”
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If he wasn't in office, they would have ignored him. He's not Catholic, and Pope Francis didn't like him.
May the Holy Father be resting in peace.
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