When is Pope Francis’ funeral? Timeline and what to expect from Vatican ceremony

Since Pope Francis’s death on Easter Monday, leaders from around the world have shared their tributes to the late pontiff, as 1.39 billion Catholics across the globe enter mourning.

Cardinals congregated the following day to establish the date of the funeral ahead of the papal conclave in which a new pope will be selected.

The pontiff had broken from tradition as he requested to be buried outside of Vatican grounds at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome, with the inscription of his papal name in Latin: Franciscus.

Nevertheless, the mourning process is set to keep in with centuries worth of tradition, including the Novemdiales - or nine days of mourning - which allegedly dates back to Roman times.

Pope Francis, 88, died following a stroke that led to a coma and irreversible heart failure, the Vatican announced.

The pope was hospitalised for several weeks in February, after suffering from double pneumonia. He returned to the Vatican in mid-March to recover.

As the first pope from Latin America, Pope Francis had led the 1.4 billion-member church since 2013.

Here is the timeline of events from the pope’s death and what will happen going forward.

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