Posted on 04/22/2025 6:04:38 AM PDT by Red Badger
The Vatican has released images of Pope Francis being laid out in an open coffin ahead of the Confirmation of the Death of the Pontiff ceremony.
Francis died Monday after suffering a stroke that led to irreversible heart failure following a weeks-long hospitalization with pneumonia. He was 88.
The pontiff’s body had been placed in the coffin late Monday, with Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican camerlengo — the “chamberlain” who essentially acts as head of the Vatican between the end of a papacy and the start of the next — reading the official declaration of death aloud in an intimate ceremony
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He’s pining for the fjords.
Do they still tap his head with a small mallet and call his name 3 times? I seem ro recall that as the ritual.
CC
I recently read they do call out his name three times.
Confirmation of the Death of the Pontiff ceremony.
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Is this really a real thing? Does a midget come out and sing...
“He’s not only merely dead, he’s really most sincerely dead.”
Like many pols and celebs, apparently Francis is part of the “panda” black eye club.
They also sing, “Ding, Dong the witch is Dead”. Simpler times.
Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me..............
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer?
Twice on the pipes if the answer is no...
CC
Tradition. Not less than 100 years ago it was common to confirm that people were dead by various tests - including letting them lie in state in their parlors (it was a thing) because medical science wasn’t advanced enough to know when people were in deep comas or actually dead, dead.
Lying in state was also a way to have family and witnesses come along to confirm that the person was indeed, dead and not just trying to dodge debts.
“According to the Apostolic Constitution Apostólica Universi Dominici Gregis issued by Pope John Paul II in 1996, the confirming of the death of a Pontiff includes an ancient tradition: The death of the Pope is verified by the Cardinal Camerlengo who is to gently strike the Pope’s head with a small silver hammer and call out his Christian name three times.”
Source: website “Catholic Telegraph”.
CC
Triple tap......................just to be sure................
The Spanish word for ‘heaven’ is ‘cielo’, literally ‘Ceiling’.....
” He’s a-dead Giacomo. Mama mia ...”
Beck on the pope
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-glenn-beck-program/glenn-beck-reacts-to-passing-of-pope-francis
Looks like the guard in the clown costume is asleep on his feet
for me, I found it disappointing the Pope got involved in politics. He should have stuck to religion.
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