On Easter Monday (April 21), the first Latin American leader of the Catholic Church died at the age of 88.
This came less than 24 hours after appearing in a wheelchair in St Peter’s Square to lead a Easter address in front of thousands of faithful.
His death followed a period of poor health that saw him spend five weeks at the hospital with double pneumonia.
Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Sacred Roman Church, will preside over the sealing rite of the late Pope Francis on Friday, April 25 at 8:00 pm, ahead of the papal funeral on Saturday morning.
Several cardinals will attend the liturgical rite and … pic.twitter.com/7jn1rosl91
– Vatican News (@vaticannews) April 24, 2025
Born on December 17, 1936 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jorge Mario Bergoglio successfully successful Pope XVI in 2013 and served for 12 years.
The Vatican has announced that his funeral will take place in Satudray, on April 26.
BBC announces a schedule change to show the funeral of Pope Francis
The Pope’s funeral will take place at 9 AM BST (10 am local time) on Saturday morning at St Peter’s Square, according to the Times.
For the third night, people gathered in the Basilica of Santa María Mayor to pray the Rosary in suffrage by Pope Francis, directed by Cardinal Baldassare Reina. pic.twitter.com/MMWJLN83H5
– Vatican News (@vaticannews) April 23, 2025
In the Radio Times, BBC One will have a program that shows the funeral between 8.30 am and 12.30 pm
No more details have been said at the time of writing, except that Reeta Chakrabarti will present.
Due to the moment of the program, it will be cut into the slot used by the BBC breakfast they use until 10 am
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In addition, Saturday Kitchen Live, Mary Berry – Love to Cook and Football Focus will move to BBC Two.
Funeral live coverage is expected in all television news services, including BBC News Channel and Sky News.
In addition, the Vatican website and the YouTube channel will have live coverage of the event.
