VATICAN ANNOUNCES SATURDAY AS POPE FRANCIS FUNERAL DATE

The Vatican has announced that the funeral of Pope Francis will take place on Saturday April 26 at 10:00am in the square in front of St Peter’s Basilica.

The coffin of the Argentine pontiff, who died on Monday aged 88, will then be taken inside the church and from there taken to the Rome Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore for burial.

Before announcing the burial date, the Vatican had earlier disclosed that Pope Francis died from a cerebral stroke and subsequent heart failure.

A death certificate published by the Vatican on Monday said the cerebral stroke led to a coma and irreversible heart failure.

reported by Bright Okpo