Pope Francis died. What will happen now?
21. Apr 2025 at 10:20
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Pope Francis died at the age of 88.
BRATISLAVA. The Pope is really dead. This statement in Latin will be given by a man who will fulfill the role of the Church’s head in the coming days. Then, the Vatican will start a sequence of acts and customs, which will be concluded only by the election of the new Pope.
Pope Francis. The name of Jorge Bergoglio, died on Monday in Rome, He was 88 years old. What will happen to the Vatican after his death? What will the process that the Church have not experienced for almost twenty years will look like? When do František bury? And when will the Cardinals elect a new Pope?
The SME daily answers questions that not only believers around the world ask after the death of Pope Francis.
In the article you can read
- As the ritual that is confirmed that the Pope has died,
- When will the Pope be funeral and when the conclave will start,
- Why are special coins no longer,
- where he wanted to be buried by František,
- As the smoke that announces the election of the Pope,
- Who calls the famous Habemus Papam.
Silver hammer replaced the veil
The death of the Pope is announced by Cardinal Kamerlengo. It is one of the highest dignitaries of the Pontifical Curia that fulfills the role of the Government Office in the Vatican. After the death of the Pope to the election of the new Cardinal Cameron, the Catholic Church and the Vatican became the head of the Catholic Church.
From February 14, 2019, Cardinal Camerleng is a origin Irish Catholic bishop Kevin Joseph Farrell, who is already a naturalized US citizen. In addition, the prefect of the dicaster for laymen, family and life is also the prefect. Prefect could be compared to the Minister, a dicaster to the Ministry.
In the case of the death of the Pope, the first task of Cardinal Kamerleng is to verify that the Pope is really dead. He does it by calling him three times his first name. The first name of Pope Francis was Jorge.
In this act, there was a tradition in the Catholic Church of the century that Cardinal Camerango lightly struck the deceased Pope with a silver hammer with his coat of arms. This custom was replaced in the modern history of the Church only by covering the facial of the deceased Pope by a veil.
When the Pope does not respond to the call, Cardinal Camerango will present the Latin Formula: Vere Papa Mortus est (The Pope is really dead, note. red.).
Until 1878, when Pope Pius IX died, it was enough to verify his death only this statement by Cardinal Kamerlen. Since the death of his successor of Leo XIII. In 1903, a doctor’s confirmation is also required.
The ring no longer breaks
After the Pope’s Declaration as a dead Cardinal Kamerlengo pulls the fisherman’s ring from the ring. He recalls that the first Pope, the Apostle Peter, was a fisherman. This ring is also called the Papal.
Cardinal Camerango then ordered to break the papal seal on the ring. However, since the death of Pope John Paul II. In 2005, the papal ring is simply defined by scratches on its seal. The seal is then put by Cardinal Camerango in the Pope’s bedroom.
The bronze gate, which is the main entrance to the Pope’s apartment, then sealing.
The Pope’s death report will then be announced by Cameron’s Vicar General of the Roman Diocese. The Pope is not only the head of the Catholic Church, but also the bishop of Rome. The Vicar General of the Roman Diocese shall report the report to the people.
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