Pope Francis has been laid out in an open wooden coffin for the Confirmation of the Death of the Pontiff ceremony. The rite took place last night at the Chapel of Santa Marta, where the Vatican confirmed his death and formally placed his body in the coffin. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican camerlengo, read the official declaration of death during the ceremony, which lasted just under an hour. Seals were placed on both the papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace and the residence at Santa Mart