Yitabye Imana ku wa 21 Mata 2025, afite imyaka 88. Yari amaze imyaka 12 ayobora Kiliziya Gatolika nk’umushumba wa mbere ukomoka muri Amerika y’Epfo.

Mu gihe abapapa benshi bashyingurwa mu mva ziri munsi ya Basilika ya Mutagatifu Petero i Vatikani, Papa Francis yahisemo gushyingurwa muri Basilika ya Santa Maria Maggiore i Roma.

Ni ubwa mbere mu myaka irenga 100 Papa ashyinguwe hanze ya Vatikani, nyuma ya Papa Leo XIII washyinguwe muri Basilika ya Mutagatifu Yohani Laterani mu 1903 . (The pope has chosen his tomb - in Rome not at the Vatican)

Iyi Basilika ifite agaciro kadasanzwe kuri Papa Francis kubera urukundo rwe rukomeye kuri Bikira Mariya, by’umwihariko ku ishusho ya "Salus Populi Romani" iri muri iyo basilika.

Yahisemo gushyingurwa hafi y’iyo shusho nk’ikimenyetso cy’ukwemera kwe no kwiyegurira abakene n’abatagira kivurira . (What to know about the funeral and burial of Pope Francis, Pope Francis Shown Lying in Open Casket ...)

Misa yo kumusezeraho yabereye muri Saint Peter’s Square i Vatikani, iyoborwa na Kardinali Giovanni Battista Re. Yitabiriwe n’abantu benshi, barimo abakuru b’ibihugu nka Perezida Donald Trump wa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, Perezida Volodymyr Zelenskyy wa Ukraine, na Perezida Emmanuel Macron w’u Bufaransa.

Mu rwego rwo kugaragaza ubuzima bwe bwo kwicisha bugufi, Papa Francis yasabye ko ashyingurwa mu isanduku y’imbaho isanzwe, atandukanye n’umuco wo gukoresha isanduku zifite ibice bitatu. Yasabye kandi ko ku mva ye handikwaho izina rimwe gusa: Franciscus.

Mu gihe isanduku ye yajyanwaga muri Basilika ya Santa Maria Maggiore, yakiriwe n’abantu 40 bo mu matsinda yakundaga kwitaho, barimo abimukira, abahoze ari imfungwa, abatagira aho baba, n’abandi bo mu matsinda yugarijwe n’ibibazo by’imibereho . (Death and funeral of Pope Francis)

Papa Francis azibukwa nk’umushumba wihariye wagaragaje urukundo n’impuhwe ku bakene, abimukira, n’abatagira kivurira. Yaharaniye impinduka muri Kiliziya Gatolika, ashyira imbere ubuzima bworoshye, kwicisha bugufi, no kwita ku bidukikije.

Yasize urugero rukomeye ku bayoboke ba Kiliziya Gatolika n’isi yose, abasaba gukomeza urugendo rwo kubana neza no kwita ku bababaye