I-Vatican ilungiselela inani elikhulu labantu abazoba khona emngcwabeni kaPapa uFrancis, ozoba ngoMgqibelo, Ephreli 26, 2025. UPapa udlule emhlabeni eneminyaka engu-88 ngemuva kokuhlaselwa yisifo sohlangothi ngoMsombuluko wePhasika. Isidumbu sakhe besilokhu sikhonjiswa eSt. Peter’s Basilica, lapho izinkulungwane zabantu bezilile zifike zizohlonipha.
Umcimbi okhethekile uzovala ibhokisi ngoLwesihlanu ebusuku, futhi umngcwabo uzoqala ngo-10:00 AM e-St. Peter’s Square. Kulindeleke ukuba abaholi bomhlaba kanye nabasebukhosini abavela emhlabeni wonke bathamele, okuhlanganisa omongameli, amakhosi nezinye izikhulu eziphezulu.
Ezokuphepha e-Vatican ziqine kakhulu. Ama-drones avinjelwei, izindiza zokulwa ziqaphile, futhi kuhlonzwe izindawo ezengeziwe ngobusuku bangaphambi komngcwabo.
Ngemuva komkhosi, isidumbu sikaPapa Francis sizoyiswa esontweni abelikhonze kakhulu, i-Basilica yaseSanta Maria Maggiore, ukuze singcwatshwe. Wayefisa ukubekwa ethuneni elivamile elalibhalwe igama lakhe kuphela elithi, “Franciscus.”
Ibandla lamaKhatholika lizobe seligubha izinsuku eziyisishiyagalolunye zokulila, okulandelwa wukukhethwa kukaPhapha omusha. Babalelwa ku-135 okhadinali abazobamba iqhaza kule ngqungquthela, asekhona vele amanye amagama aselokhu evela okuthiwa kungenzeka kube yibo abangena ezicathulweni zikaPhapha.