The Catholic world is affected by the uncertainty because Pope Francis, 88, remains in a critical condition in the Roman hospital for a complex lung infection and other serious illnesses.
On Monday, the Vatican said that Francis woke up from a rest of a dream and responded to therapy. In it, they said that the cardinals would gather in front of St. Peter on Monday night to run the Rosary.
Here’s what we know about his condition and so that things would go if he dies.
Francis’s condition
Francis’ initial infection of the respiratory tract developed into pneumonia, and other complications occurred during his hospital stay. He had a respiratory crisis that resulted in having to receive high flows of additional oxygen. On Sunday, the Vatican announced that he was suffering from “initial, slight kidney failure”, which was “under control”. He is treated with various medicines, and his doctors said that calibration was a challenge. The new medical update will be posted on Monday night.
Considering his age and history of pulmonary diseases, doctors have been kept for his forecast.
After death
Although Francis’ fate is still unclear, what is safer are rites that have been collected and refined over the centuries to ensure secrecy and a neat transition. Carefully choreographic accessories give order to the Church in its most dramatic time of flow.
The Pope’s death is immediately confirmed by the head of the Vatican Department of Health and Cardinal Chamberlain from the Holy Roman Church, which becomes a Vatik de facto administrator. The pope’s body was dressed in a white cash register and brought to the Pope’s private chapel.
Cardinal Chamberlain, Camerlengo in Italian, the place is now Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell77-year-old American of Irish descent. He and other officials, together with members of the Pope’s family, gather in the chapel at the ceremony. The body is placed in a coffin made of wood and coated with a zinc. The pope is dressed in red, his mitra and a pali placed next to him.
After the ceremony, Camerlengo draws a document that authenticates the Pope’s death, setting a medical report. He provides private ponthrifs and seal his apartments, which in the case of Francis, much of the second floor at Casa Santa Marta, a Vatican Pension who used to visit Cardinals, where Francis lived throughout his papacy.
It also arranges the destruction of the so -called fishing ring, which the Pope used to seal the documents, a festive hammer, to prevent forgery.
Payment of respect
Francis brought an unpretentious style to the church – rejecting complex clothing and decorated papal apartments. His plans hold this to the end, reducing part of the funeral pomp and circumstances.
In the transcript of funeral rites 2024, Francis simplified a few elements. Since the 13th century, the bodies of the pope have passed in public, their balm bodies located on a raised pedestal. When John Paul II died in 2005His body was first brought to the Apostolic Palace within a few hours for the private view of the Cardinal, the bishop and other members of the church hierarchy, as well as distinguished Italian officials.
Francis took away that kind of view. Instead, public views will take place directly at St. Peter’s Basilica, where thousands in the past have paid tribute to the pope. But his body will remain in the coffin, which will not be on elevated pedestal. “Francis decided to emphasize humility for the glorification,” said Agostino Paravicini Baliani, a church historian.
The Cardinal College decides on the day and hour that the pope’s body will be brought to the Basilica of St. Peter, in a procession led by Camerlengo, and continue when watching will begin.
Funeral
The funeral and burial of the Pope must happen between four and six days after his death, and the funeral rites in various churches in Rome will last nine days.
Last pope was placed in three oppressed coffins, one of the Cypress, one of the zinc and one of the elm. But as part of Francis’ change in the reign, he decided that he would be buried in one coffin, made of wood and coated with a zinc.
The coffin is closed the night before the funeral. The pope is a face covered with a white silk veil, and is buried with a bag containing coins forged during his papacy and canister with “Rogito”, or in part, briefly listing the details of his life and the papacy. Rogito is read aloud before the coffin closes.
New rules also allow the pope to be buried in the Church, which is not the Basilica of St. Peter. Francis asked to be buried instead at the Basilica of the Major of St. Mary, the Church of Draga to him and the one he often visited to pray before the Virgin Mary’s icon.
Conclave
Within 15 to 20 days from the Pope’s death, Dean of the Faculty Cardinal, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, 91, they will invite Cardinals to Rome for what is known as a conclave to cause Francis’ heir.
The period between the death of the Pope and the choice of a new one is called Seda Vacante, or “The seat is empty.” During this time, the Cardinal College holds general control of the Church, but it is forbidden to make any major decisions.
When the cardinals meet, they gather in the Sistine chapel. All cardinal voters must swear on the oath of secrecy and vote with a secret ballot. Only Cardinals under 80 are eligible for voting. Two -thirds are needed to choose a new pope, and politics is part of the process.
Cardinals are not allowed to leave the conclave except in rare cases. The word conclave – from Latin “with the key” – refers to the insulation imposed on them, which means preventing the electoral procedure withdrawing.
During the conclave, the Cardinals live in Casa Santa Marta, who was built on the orders of John Paul II Replace improvised arrangements of space in the papal palace that has previously placed them.
White smoke
The cardinals gave repeated voices until two -thirds appeared. After each voice, the smoke is released through a chimney that can be seen from St. Peter’s Square, where crowds are usually formed for watching and waiting. If the voice ends up without two -thirds of the majority, the smoke is black.
When the decision is made, the smoke is white.
Within the Vatican, the Dean of the Faculty asks the chosen heir if he accepts the job. After assuming that, the Dean asked him for the name he wanted to call the Pope.
In the sacristy of the chapel, the new pontif is dressed in a white cash register. After welcomed the Cardinals, he continues on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, where the older Cardinal publishes “Habemus Papam” or “We have a pope in Latin.”
