Vatican City (Vatican), 21 April (LaPresse) – ‘Following the notification of the death of the Roman Pontiff Francis, according to the provisions of the Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis (nos. 21-40), this evening, Monday 21 April at 8pm, His Most Reverend Eminence Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, will preside over the rite of the ascertainment of death and the deposition of the body in the coffin. The Most Eminent Dean of the College of Cardinals, the family members of the Roman Pontiff, the Director and Vice Director of the Directorate of Health and Hygiene of the Vatican City State, who will be in the Chapel of the Domus Sanctæ Marthæ at 7.45 p.m., are therefore requested to take part in the rite. The Ecclesiastics will wear their proper choral habit'. This was announced by the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Vatican.
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