His Holiness KareKin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, will attend the funeral of Pope Francis. The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin has confirmed the news.
Pope Francis’s funeral will take place on Saturday at 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT) in front of St Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican says.
The date was decided after cardinals met in Vatican City on Tuesday morning to discuss the funeral’s timing.
Ahead of the funeral, Pope Francis’s body will lie in an open casket in St Peter’s Basilica from Wednesday morning, where mourners will be able to pay their respects to the late pontiff.
Pope Francis’s body currently lies in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence, where he lived during his 12-year papacy.
