Sara Guglielmetti The faithful's homage to him continues Pope Francesco, who died at the age of 88 on April 21. Very long queues even at night.
Death of Pope Francis: St. Peter's Basilica Open Until Night Ends
Yesterday in St. Peter's Square there were over 100 thousand people present and 20 thousand lined up to pay homage to the body of Pope Francesco inside the St. Peter's Basilica.
In order to facilitate the flow of faithful, it was decided to keep the Basilica open during the night as well, until around 5.30am. The Basilica was then closed for an hour and a half, to reopen at 7.00 am.
Pope Francis: St. Peter's Basilica reopens for the faithful
St. Peter's Basilica remained open even during the night, with very long queues of faithful to pay their last respects to the body of Pope Francis. After closing for about an hour and a half, the Basilica was reopened at 7.00 am. There are already a lot of people queuing today, from 11.00 yesterday until 8.30 this morning there were approximately 48.600 the people who paid homage to the body of the Holy Father. During the night there were about 13 thousand.