Keral’s government announced a three -day period of sadness after the Pope Francis. 22. And April 23 will be observed two -day mourning state with another day of sadness on the day of the funeral of the Pope.
The exact date of the funeral will be communicated separately, the official announcement said on Tuesday, April 22.
The national flag will be summer in half of the mast, where it is regularly flying and there will be no official entertainment during the period of the state.
District collectors were also asked to inform the officers concerned in their jurisdiction, where the national flag regularly flies about the sadness of the state and fly after the national flag on the half mast.
In the X Post, Chief Minister Keral Pinarayi Vijayan said that the Pope was “a lighthouse of compassion that stood with the poor and marginalized, took a critical attitude against global capitalism and fought for the inter -religious dialogue”. ”
“The inheritance of Pope Francis inspires a generation seeking justice and equality,” he said.
It is not yet known whether schools and universities in Kerala will also remain closed during the three -day period of sadness after the demise of Pope Francis.
Pope Francis died on Monday morning in his residence in the city of the Vatican. He was 88 years old and was just released from a five -week stay in the hospital because of the respiratory problems that Lad led to double pneumonia.
In a statement, the Vatican said that Francis suffered a stroke that led to a failure of coma and his heart.
In his will, Pope Francis wanted to be buried in the Roman basilica Saint Mary Major and not at the Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican, unlike many previous pontifs.
He said he wanted to be buried “in the ground, without special decoration”, but with the inscription of his papal name in Latin: Franciscus.
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