NOTIFICATION

CERTIFICATION OF DEATH
AND LAYING IN THE COFFIN
OF THE BODY OF THE ROMAN PONTIFF
FRANCIS

Following the notification of the death of the Roman Pontiff Francis, in accordance with the provisions of the Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis (nos. 21-40), this evening, Monday 21 April, at 20.00, His Reverend Eminence Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, will preside over the rite of the certification of death and the laying 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 the Vice Director of the Directorate of Health and Hygiene of the Vatican City State are therefore requested to take part in the rite, and are requested to be present in the Chapel of the Domus Sanctæ Marthæ at 19.45 The Ecclesiastics will wear their own choral habit.

Vatican City, 21 April 2025

By mandate of His Eminence the Cardinal Camerlengo

✠ Diego Ravelli
itular Archbishop of Recanati
Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations