to commemorate! Pope Francis leads funeral Former Pope Benedict XVI among tens of thousands of people
Reuters reported Jan. 5 that Pope Francis presided over the funeral mass for the former Pope Benedict. Or the former Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City, and gave a speech praising this Pope Emeritus as Jesus. in front of tens of thousands of people who have faith and come to watch the ceremony
After 12 pallbearers carried the coffin containing the body of Pope Benedict XVI from St. Peter’s Basilica amidst bells rung in honour. To be kept in the courtyard in front of St. Peter’s Basilica at 8:45 local time. The funeral service began at 9:30 am local time. or Thailand afternoon
in sermons Pope Francis sitting in the chair in front of the altar. Because of his knee pain, he raised many biblical words and church inscriptions. Pope Benedict XVI’s metaphor of Jesus, which includes his last words before his death on the cross: “Father, I entrust my soul. in your hands.”
During the funeral mass attended by about 125 cardinals, about 200 bishops and about 3,700 priests, and about 50,000 people crowded St. Peter’s Square. It refers to “Wisdom, the Muthuta, the devotion that has been given to us over the years”.
After Mass was over Pope Francis got up on crutches to touch the former pope’s coffin. and he bowed his head as he prayed in his heart for the last time. Pope Benedict’s body will again be brought to the cathedral. placing the coffin in a zinc coffin before sealing it in the second wooden coffin Before Pope Benedict’s body will be kept in the cemetery under St. Peter’s Basilica according to his wishes. Here the remains of former Pope John Paul II were enshrined before being transferred to the top of the cathedral.
