The Vatican published has a photo and video of 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 in his open coffin, dressed in a red robe with the papal mitre on his head and a rosary in his hand.
Following the pope’s request, the pope’s body is placed inside a wooden casket instead of a bier, which was used for the funeral of the previous popes.
It was also Pope Francis’s wish to be placed in a simple wooden casket with a zinc lining instead of the traditional three layers of coffins made of cypress, lead, and oak.
The images were taken in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis’s residence at the Vatican where he died on Monday, aged 88.
(𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑦 𝐻𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑡/𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔/𝗔𝗙𝗣)