A quick sign of cross, a whispered prayer, a hand that tends a smartphone to take a photo of this face with wax lines, and the line continues to advance to the sound of sacred music, thousands of feet advance on the marble of the Saint-Pierre basilica. “Go ahead, go ahead”enjoin the appearances when the movement is too slow, the crowd too compact.
Wednesday April 23, the body of François, 266e Pope of the Catholic Church, was placed in front of the altar of the confession, in the center of the basilica. For three days, until its burial, Saturday April 26, in the Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Majeure, faithful and curious will be able to parade until late in the night in front of its coffin of wood and open zinc, surrounded by purple.
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Source: Lemonde