Pope Francis’ tomb opens to visitors, possible successor gives St. Peter’s homily

Pope Francis’ tomb opened to visitors at the Basilica of St. Majon in Rome on Sunday, the day after the world leaders and a crowd of hundreds of thousands attended the funeral of the late Catholic Church leader.

Roman Catholic believers cross the simple white tomb in St. Mary’s Basilica. Many manage the sign of the cross or take photos on their cell phones, because the servers persuade them to continue to move to place the thousands who landed in the Roman basilica to see the tomb, forming a long line outside. The tomb is open in the second of nine days of official grief for Francis, after which a conclave will be held to choose the next Pope.

One white rose was placed on a tomb that said “Franciscus” – the Pope’s name in Latin. The light threw a warm glow over the tombs and reproduce the pectoral cross of the late pontiph on the wall above it.

The waiting time is about an hour, according to Skytv. Some visitors arrived before dawn so they could enter 7am when the tomb first opened.

It is estimated that 200,000 people attended a special mass at St. Peter’s Basilica from Cardinal Pietro Parolin, State Secretary of the Vatican.

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The Parolin-Black Associate Francis-He has prolonged the long-awaited homily. The number 2 is considered to be the Vatican and is one of the possible candidates who is the next Pope.

“The shepherd whom the Lord gave to his people, Pope Francis, ended his earthly life and left us,” Parolin said in his homily. “Sadness to his departure, a sense of sadness that attacks us, the restlessness we feel in our hearts, a sense of confusion: we experience it all, like the apostles who mourn for Jesus’ death. Still, the Gospel says that it is precisely in those moments of darkness, on our foods.

Parolin emphasized that the grace of God is the central focus of the late Argentine pope.

“He reminded us that” Mercy “is just the name of God, and, therefore, no one can put the restriction on his gracious love with which he wants to raise and make us new people. It is important to welcome as a precious treasure on which the Pope welcomed so much. And – let us say – ours is in our that we do not have to, and ours is not, ours, ours, ours, ours, is ours in ours, not ours, which we do not have to, we do not have to live; “Mercy brings us back to the heart of faith.”

Parolin added: “Only mercy heals and creates a new world, abolishing fires of distrust, hatred and violence: this is a great learning of Pope Francis.”

Among those who attended were many young people who originally came to Rome because of what was to be the canonization of the first millennial saint, Carla Acuti, during the special holy days dedicated to teenagers.

About 80,000 young people registered to participate in the anniversary. Many groups of young people, some in scouting uniforms, attended the Francis funeral on Saturday and again on Sunday they filled St. Peter’s Square for a special mass.

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“The joy of Easter, which maintains us at this time of trial and sadness, is something that can almost be touched today in this square; you can see it above all on the faces, dear children and young people coming from all over the world to celebrate the anniversary,” Parolin said. “You come from so many places: from all Diocesan Italy, from Europe, from the United States to Latin America, from Africa to Asia, from the United Arab Emirates … The whole world is truly present here!”

The date has not yet been determined, but it is expected to start between May 5 and May 10.

Pope Francis chose his burial in St. Mary’s Basilica, near the Madonna icon, which he respected, because it reflects his “modest, simple and important” life, said the archbishop operating the Basilica on Friday.

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Cardinals who traveled to Rome on Francis’ funeral will regularly meet on the eve of the conclave this week, as they begin to outline the path to the Catholic Church of 1.4 billion.

At 16:00 on Sunday, the cardinals will pray at Francis’s tomb.

Italian media reported that the former president Joe Biden On Saturday, he met privately with Parolin. In 2015, the two met when Biden sought the consolation of Cardinal after the death of his son Beau.

Fox News’ Courtney Walsh-Annesi and Associated Press contributed to this report.