A funeral procession is taking the coffin of Pope Francis of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, where the Pontiff asked to be buried. According to the Holy See, 150,000 people were present.
He will be the first Pope over a century to be buried outside the Vatican.
According to the city police, the route is about six kilometers. The streets will be closed and it will not be possible to accompany the procession, but the public can accompany behind barriers positioned on the streets.
According to the authorities, there will be a “very small” procession, with some car cardinals.
The funeral procession will pass through the Pasa Galleria, cross the Tiber River bridge, Corso Vittorio and Piazza Venezia.
Then, will go to the imperial forums, climb the labyican pathway and enter the via Merulana to reach Santa Maria Maggiore, where the burial will take place, which will not be open to the public.
Four big screens should also be installed, two of them in Piazza Esquilino, in front of the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, for people who want to accompany the funeral there and wait for the coffin to arrive.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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