Witness history in the making as Radio Vaticana – Vatican News broadcasts the funeral of Pope Francis in 15 languages, including four sign languages. The live coverage will include the funeral mass in St. Peter’s Square and the subsequent procession to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. Both aerial and ground shots will be provided by the Vatican Television Center – Vatican Media.

This event evokes memories of April 8, 2005, the day of the funeral mass for Pope John Paul II, but it also marks a unique moment in contemporary media as the transfer of a Pope’s remains from the Vatican to another location for burial has never been documented before.

Tomorrow, on April 26, starting at 10 AM, Radio Vaticana – Vatican News will broadcast live the entire funeral celebration of Pope Francis until his interment in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, as per his wishes.

Global and Inclusive Coverage

To make the event accessible to a wider audience, the Vatican media will provide live broadcasts in 15 languages, including Italian, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese (including Brazilian), German, Polish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Arabic, and four sign languages: Italian, Spanish, French, and American (ASL).

Television footage, managed by the Vatican Television Center – Vatican Media, will capture every moment of the event, both in St. Peter’s Square and along the route to the Marian Basilica.

Editorially, reports and analyses will be available in 56 languages, matching the integrated information system of Radio Vaticana – Vatican News and L’Osservatore Romano.

Where to Watch Live

The April 26 event will be broadcast through various channels and platforms:

Vatican News Portal: www.vaticannews.va

Vatican News YouTube Channels

Radio Vaticana – Vatican News Web Radio in 11 languages

Shortwave radio in English, French, and Portuguese for Africa

Facebook Live: in Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German

Instagram Live: in Italian, Portuguese, German

Live Coverage in Italian

There will be three main broadcasting locations for the live coverage in Italian: two in St. Peter’s Square and one outside the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.

The live broadcast will start at around 8:10 AM from the Carlo Magno Wing. Around 9:30 AM, the coverage will switch to the central studio at Palazzo Pio to follow the funeral mass, which begins at 10 AM. Throughout the morning, the Santa Maria Maggiore location will collect prayers and testimonials from the faithful.

Frequency for Italian broadcast

FM 103.8 for the city of Rome

FM 105 for Rome and the surrounding area

DAB+ digital radio (info at www.digitalradio.it)

Terrestrial digital (audio) on channels 733 and 882 – Rome and the surrounding area

Terrestrial digital (audio and video) channel 555 – Rome and the surrounding area

Eutelsat satellite

“Radio Vaticana” app for Android and iOS

“Vatican News” app for Android and iOS