Pope’s funeral will be in the next nine days and conclave happens in a month

The Pope’s funeral, who died Monday at the age of 88, will be held within the next nine days, said the Vatican, furthermore that the Conclave, to choose the successor of Francisco, should start in a month.

In the Vatican the funeral ceremonies are already preparing and it is known that they will be simpler, at the request of Francis than their predecessors.

« The funeral of the Roman Pontiff is that of a pastor and disciple of Christ and not that of a powerful man of this world, » said archbishop Diego Ravelli, master of the Vatican’s liturgical celebrations and responsible for the new ritual of papal fosters, who had already revealed Francis’ will to simplify fostering.

These changes were approved in April last year, but only now the details are known, such as the non -use of three coffins, cypress, lead and oak, being used only one, in wood.

The Pope’s body will not be exposed to the veneration of the faithful in a loud boss, with the papal staff in his right hand, but in the coffin in which the body will be placed after the pontiff’s death.

The Pope had also known that he wanted to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maior, one of the four cathedrals of Rome.

At the same time as Pope Francis’ funeral ceremonies are organized, it is also to prepare the conclave for the election of a new pontiff. The cardinal meeting is expected to start in a month.

According to Ecclesia, the election of a Pope obeys precise rituals and is marked by a climate of silence and secret, following the norms of the apostolic constitution ‘Universi Dominici Gregis’, signed by John Paul II in 1996.

Only those under 80 vote for the Pope’s election, there are currently 252 cardinals: 138 voters and 114 non -voters.

The ceremony takes place in strict confidentiality in the sistine chapel. For the election of a new Pope, a two -thirds majority are required and the votes continue until a candidate receives the number of votes required.