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DECR Chairman attends farewell ceremony for Pope Francis
DECR Communication Service, 25.04.2025
On April 25, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations, visited St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, where the coffin containing the body of the late Pope Francis lies in repose.
Following the three-day period of public mourning for the Pontiff, the coffin will be sealed. On April 26, the Pope will be laid to rest in the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore.
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