Catholicos of All Armenians to attend funeral of Pope Francis 

ArmInfo.  Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II will take part in the farewell ceremony for Pope Francis. This was reported by the Chancellery of the Mother See of Etchmiadzin.

The Pope's funeral will take place on April 26. The farewell ceremony  will begin on April 23 in St. Peter's Basilica. Anyone wishing to bid  farewell to the deceased will be able to do so within three days. The  Vatican also published the last will of Pope Francis, in which he  expressed his wish to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria  Maggiore on the Esquiline Hill in Rome.

Pope Francis died on the morning of April 21 at the age of 88. He  ascended the throne as head of the Catholic Church in 2013. It should  be noted that a number of world leaders, including the leaders of  Germany, France, the United States, Brazil and Argentina, have  already announced their intention to travel to the Vatican to bid  farewell to the Pontiff.