
OFFICE OF LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS
OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF
NOTIFICATION
CONFIRMATION OF DEATH
AND PLACING INTO THE COFFIN 
OF THE CORPSE OF THE ROMAN PONTIFF
FRANCIS
Monday, April 21, 2025
Following the communication of the death of the Roman Pontiff Francis, as provided for in the Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis (nn. 21-40), this evening, Monday, April 21 at 8:00 p.m., His Eminence Most Reverend Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, will preside over the rite of confirmation of death and placement of the body in the coffin.
The Most Eminent Dean of the College of Cardinals, the relatives of the Roman Pontiff, the Director and the Deputy Director of the Directorate of Health and Hygiene of the Vatican City State, who will be present at 7:45 p.m. in the Chapel of the Domus Sanctæ Marthæ, are therefore requested to take part in the rite. The Eminent Dean of the College of Cardinals, the relatives of the Roman Pontiff, the Director and the Deputy Director of the Directorate of Health and Hygiene of the Vatican City State, who will be present at 7:45 p.m. The Ecclesiastics will wear their proper choir dress.
Vatican City, 21 April 2025
By mandate of His Eminence Cardinal Camerlengo
✠Diego Ravelli
Titular Archbishop of Recanati
Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations
The Holy See Press Office announced on Monday that the rite of ascertainment of death and placement of the late Pope Francis’ body in the coffin will take place on Monday at 8:00 PM Rome time.
Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, will preside over the rite of the ascertainment of death of Pope Francis and placement of his body in the coffin .
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