President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) and First Lady, Rosângela da Silva, Janja, will travel to Rome to participate in Pope Francis’ wake. The date of the trip has not yet been set, because, according to information from Lula’s interlocutors in the Planalto Palace, it depends on the Vatican protocol.

Lula should close the entourage that will participate in the event on Tuesday (22). Earlier, the president said Francisco was a “voice of respect and welcome to his neighbor.”

“Pope Francis lived and propagated in his daily life, love, tolerance and solidarity that are the basis of Christian teachings,” said Lula, who decreed an official mourning in the seven -day country as a tribute to the Pontiff.

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The Brazilian government’s note praised Francisco’s “simplicity, courage and empathy”. Lula recalled in the statement that he and the first lady Rosângela da Silva, the Janja, were greeted with “a lot of affection” the times they met with the religious.

Pope Francis, whose baptism is Jorge Mario Bergoglio, died at dawn on Monday, 21. He held the maximum position of the Catholic Church for 12 years.