Abbé Jean-Marie Konde Muanda

This Saturday, April 26, 2025, the Vatican will host the funeral of Pope Francis. The Eternal City must be able to handle a huge crowd from all over the world this Saturday. Several heads of state and leaders are expected to attend the funeral.

Monsignor Jean-Crispin Kimbeni, Bishop of the Diocese of Kisantu, celebrated Pope Francis's Hommega Mass in his Cathedral of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows this Thursday, April 24, 2025.

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.