约25万人在圣伯多禄广场送别方济各：葬礼后安葬罗马圣母大殿
2025年4月26日，教宗方济各的葬礼弥撒在梵蒂冈城国圣伯多禄广场举行。据梵蒂冈估计，约25万人来到广场及周边送别这位4月21日逝世、享年88岁的教宗；弥撒之后，另有约15万人沿途列队，目送灵柩前往罗马圣母大殿安葬。
葬礼弥撒于当地时间上午10时开始，由枢机团团长、91岁的若望·巴蒂斯塔·雷（Giovanni Battista Re）枢机主礼，约250位枢机与众多主教、司铎共祭。雷枢机在讲道中称方济各是「一位走进人群的教宗，对所有人怀着开放的心」，并回顾他生前反复呼吁「筑桥、不要筑墙」、关怀移民与边缘群体的教导。
出席葬礼的包括130多个国家与国际组织的代表团、约50位国家元首与10位在位君主。美国总统特朗普、乌克兰总统泽连斯基与法国总统马克龙等领导人到场致哀。
方济各生前亲自修订了教宗葬礼礼仪、强调简朴：他的遗体安放在一具内衬锌皮的简朴木棺中，由14名抬棺人抬入广场。弥撒结束后，灵柩由一辆改装的教宗座车——方济各2016年访问墨西哥时用过的车辆——载着穿过罗马市中心约6公里的街道，沿途民众鼓掌送别、高呼「方济各教宗」。
当天下午，方济各按其遗愿安葬于罗马圣母大殿——那是他生前常去祈祷、敬礼圣母像的大殿。安葬礼仪为私人仪式，由总财务枢机凯文·法雷尔（Kevin Farrell）主持，下午1时开始、约半小时结束；大殿台阶上迎接灵柩的，是一群穷人与有需要的人。他的坟墓只用一块来自其祖辈故乡意大利利古里亚的大理石，刻着他的拉丁文名「Franciscus」。这是自1903年逝世的良十三世以来，首次有教宗安葬于梵蒂冈之外。
在此前的4月23日至25日，方济各的遗体停放在圣伯多禄大殿供瞻仰，圣座新闻室公布，约25万人前来致敬。葬礼之后，天主教会进入九日哀悼期，其后将召开选举新教宗的秘密会议。
关联：教宗方济各逝世，享年88岁（来源：圣座新闻室）
Some 250,000 Bid Farewell to Francis at Funeral Mass; Pope Buried at St. Mary Major in Rome
The funeral Mass for Pope Francis was held in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City on April 26, 2025. The Vatican estimated that some 250,000 people came to the square and surrounding streets to bid farewell to the pope, who died on April 21 at the age of 88; after the Mass, another 150,000 people lined the route as his coffin was taken across Rome for burial at the Basilica of St. Mary Major.
The Mass began at 10 a.m. local time and was presided over by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the 91-year-old dean of the College of Cardinals, with some 250 cardinals and many bishops and priests concelebrating. In his homily, Cardinal Re called Francis "a pope among the people, with an open heart toward everyone," and recalled his repeated call for "building bridges, not walls" and his care for migrants and people on the margins.
The funeral drew delegations from more than 130 countries and international organizations, including about 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs. President Donald Trump of the United States, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine and President Emmanuel Macron of France were among the leaders who attended.
Francis had personally revised the papal funeral rites to emphasize simplicity: his body lay in a simple wooden coffin lined with zinc, carried into the square by 14 pallbearers. After the Mass, the coffin was placed on a modified popemobile — the vehicle Francis had used on his 2016 visit to Mexico — and driven some six kilometers through central Rome, as crowds applauded and chanted "Papa Francesco."
That afternoon, Francis was buried, as he had wished, in Rome's Basilica of St. Mary Major, the church where he often prayed before the icon of the Virgin Mary. The burial rite was private, presided over by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the camerlengo; it began at 1 p.m. and lasted about half an hour, the Holy See Press Office said. On the basilica steps, the coffin was welcomed by a group of poor and needy people. His tomb is a simple slab of marble from Liguria, the Italian region of his ancestors, inscribed only with his Latin name, "Franciscus." He is the first pope buried outside the Vatican since Leo XIII, who died in 1903.
From April 23 to 25, Francis's body had lain in state in St. Peter's Basilica, where, according to the Holy See Press Office, approximately 250,000 people came to pay their respects. The funeral opened a nine-day period of mourning, after which the cardinals will gather in conclave to elect a new pope.
Related: Pope Francis Dies at 88 (Source: Holy See Press Office)
来源：圣座新闻室
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图片来源：2025年4月26日，方济各的灵柩在罗马圣母大殿前被抬起，瑞士卫队在旁敬礼（意大利民防部摄，CC BY 2.0，经Wikimedia Commons） | April 26, 2025: the coffin of Pope Francis is raised in front of the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, with Swiss Guards saluting (Dipartimento della Protezione Civile, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
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