VATICAN ET PAPE LEON XIV

Since the announcement of Pope Francis's death, everything has been moving in the Eternal City. It was at 7:35 a.m. on Monday, April 21, that Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Farrel announced the Pope's death.

It was since June 29, 2022 at Saint Martha, Feeling that the twilight of his earthly life was approaching, and with a lively hope in Eternal Life, the Pope had expressed his testamentary will only with regard to the place of my burial.

Following the official announcement of the death of Pope Francis by the Vatican in the morning, the Archdiocese of Kinshasa, through its Archbishop Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo, organized the service for the dead at the cathedral at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 21, 2025.