With dozens of foreign delegations that should go to the Vatican for the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday, the Italian authorities will supervise a complex security operation.
The police are currently patrolling the streets around the Vatican as well as the underground stations and the section of the Tiber river near Via Della Concilaazione, the main street leading to Saint-Pierre.
Safety mechanisms, including anti-drone weapons, an area without theft patrolled by fighter planes and sophisticated jamming technologies are used through Rome and in the sky above the Italian capital, according to reports in the Italian media.
The body of Pope Francis was moved Wednesday morning at the Basilica of Saint-Pierre for three days of public mourning for an Argentinian pontiff that we remember his humble style, the concern for poor prayers and insistent for peace.
Visualization of the public is largely for ordinary Catholics to cry the pontiff, who died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 after undergoing a stroke.
The Basilica of St Peter will be maintained open until midnight Wednesday and Thursday to allow the faithful to cry. The period of public mourning will end on Friday at 7 p.m. local time.
US President Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Ukraine are among the various world leaders who will attend the funeral.
The cardinals gathered at the Vatican on Tuesday to plan the funeral and the burial of Francis, plan the conclave to elect his successor and make other decisions concerning the management of the Catholic Church.
Editor • Rory Elliott Armstrong
