Francis is in the hospital. What happens when the Pope dies?

The Catholic world is plagued by uncertainty as the Catholic world remains in Roman hospitals due to complex pulmonary infections and other serious illnesses.

The Vatican said on Sunday morning the Pope was resting after a peaceful night.

On Saturday, he reported that Francis was stable after Friday's bronchial convulsion and needed to undergo non-invasive mechanical ventilation. The Vatican said on Saturday that he was alternating that ventilation with long-term high-flow oxygen therapy. He had no fever and his blood tests “still remained stable.” Francis prayed for about 20 minutes in the chapel that came with his room, the Vatican added.

The prognosis remains protected, the Vatican said, and doctors say the Pope is still not out of danger.

It's about what we know about his condition and how things go about it, as he should die.

Francis's condition

Francis' first respiratory infection developed pneumonia in both lungs, with other complications appearing during his hospitalization.

Due to an early respiratory crisis, he was given a high flow of supplemental oxygen. On February 23, the Vatican announced that it was suffering from “mild early kidney failure.”

Francis had said two days ago that he would not lead an annual service to open up the Christian Lent season.

He is being treated with a variety of drugs and his doctors say that adjusting them is a challenge.

Given his age and the history of lung disease, doctors are protected about his prognosis.

I'm dead

Francis' fate is still unknown, but the ritual, drafted and refined over the centuries is to ensure secrets and orderly transitions. Carefully choreographed pageants provide orders to the church at the most dramatic moments of fluidity.

The Pope's death will be confirmed immediately by the head of the Vatican Health Bureau and the Cardinal Prime Minister of the Holy Roman Church, who will become the de facto administrator of the Vatican. The Pope's body is brought into the Pope's private chapel, dressed in a white cassock.

Chamberlain, the Italian Camerlengo, Cardinal, is currently held by Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, a 77-year-old American of Irish origin. He and other officials, together with members of the Pope's family, gather in the chapel for the ceremony. The body is placed in a ffin made from wood and lined with zinc. The Pope is dressed in red, his miter and pallium resting next to him.

After the ceremony, Camerlengo drafts a document certifying the Pope's death and attaches the doctor's report. He secures the Pope's private documents and seals his apartment. In Francis's case, it is a large section on the second floor of Casa Santa Malta, a guesthouse in the Vatican city used by the Cardinal where Francis lived through his Pope.

He also arranges the destruction of the so-called fisherman's rings, which the Pope uses to seal the documents with a ritual hammer.

Give respect

Francis brought an unpretentious style to the church – rejecting elaborate costumes and a gorgeous pope apartment. His plan kept it to the end, reducing the dignity and some of the ceremony.

When rewriting the funeral ritual in 2024, Francis simplified several elements. Since the 13th century, the Pope's bodies have appeared in public views, and their preservatives have been placed on a rising pedestal. When John Paul II died in 2005, his body was first taken to the Apostles Palace within hours for private viewing for Cardinals, bishops, other members of the church hierarchy, as well as well as well as well as well as well as well as prominent Italian officials.

Francis has abolished such viewing. Instead, it will be published directly at St. Peter's Basilica. There, thousands flocked in the past to pay tribute to the Pope. However, his body remains in the co, but it is not on the rising pedestal. “Francis decided to emphasize humility around glory,” said church historian Agostino Palavisini Bagriani.

Cardinals University decides during the day and time that the Pope's body will be brought to St. Peter's Basilica at the procession led by Camerlengo and the viewing begins.

funeral

The Pope's funeral and burial are to take place four to six days after his death, and funerals at various churches in Rome last for nine days.

Past Popes were placed in three nested cos: one of zinc, one of Elms, one of Cypress. However, as part of a change in Francis' rules, he ordered that it be made of wood and buried in a single colum, lined up with zinc.

ffin will be closed the night before the funeral. The Pope's face is covered with a veil of white silk, and he is buried in a bag containing coins created between his Pope and the canister equipped with “Logito” or deeds, providing a brief list of details of his life and the Pope. Before co closes, rogito is read aloud.

Additionally, new rules allow the Pope to be buried in churches other than St. Peter's Cathedral. Francis asked him to be buried in the cathedral of Major St. Mary, his precious church.

Conclave

Within 15 to 20 days of the Pope's death, Giovanni Batista Re Cardinal, 91, dean of the University of Cardinal of the Scottish University, summons the Cardinal to Rome for what is known as the Conclave to elect Francis' successor.

The period from the death of the Pope to the election of the new one is called the Sede Bacante, or “seats are open.” Meanwhile, Cardinal of College maintains general oversight of the church, which is forbidden from making big decisions.

When the Cardiacs meet, they gather in the Sistine Chapel. All cardinal electors must vouch for secret oaths and vote in secret. Only Cardinals under the age of 80 are eligible to vote. It takes two-thirds of a majority to elect a new Pope, and the political one is part of the process.

Cardinals are not permitted to leave the conclave except in rare cases. “With the key” the word conclave from Latin refers to quarantine intended to prevent the election process from dragging out.

During the Conclave, Cardinals live in Casa Santa Marta. Casa Santa Marta was built on the orders of John Paul II, replacing the improvised rooming arrangements of the Pope Palace that it had previously housed.

White smoke

The Cardinals continued voting until a two-thirds majority appeared. With each vote, the ballot is burned on the stove and burned with color-producing additives, and the smoke is released from the chimney, which can be seen from St. Peter's Square. When the vote ends without a two-thirds majority, the smoke is black.

Once you reach the decision, the smoke will turn white.

Within the Vatican, the university's dean asks selected successors if they accept the job. Yes, Dean asks him the name he hopes to be called Pope.

In the chapel sacred ground, the new Pope wears a white cassock. After greeting the Cardinals, he proceeds to the balcony of St. Peter's Cathedral, where the Senior Cardinal declares in Latin “Havem Spapam” or “We have a Pope.”