Numerous leaders will travel to Vatican City, the papal enclave surrounded by Rome, Italy, for the funeral services of Pope Francis. The beloved religious head died at the age of 88 on Easter

A pope’s death is confirmed by the head of the Vatican’s health department and the cardinal chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, who becomes the Vatican’s de facto administrator. The pope’s body is dressed in a white cassock and brought to the pope’s private chapel.

The pontiff’s death initiated a well-structured series of rituals designed to mourn the loss of the 1.3 billion-member church’s leader and to ensure stability with the selection of a new pope.