Pope Benedict: Thousands more mourners, including Hungary’s Orban, bid farewell
2 years ago

Pope Benedict: Thousands more mourners, including Hungary’s Orban, bid farewell

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Thousands more mourners, including Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, paid homage to former Pope Benedict on Tuesday on the second day that his body lay in state in St. Peter's Basilica. Orban, the first head of government to pay their respects following Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, stood with his wife before Benedict's body for a few moments in prayer. open image in gallery Hungary’s Viktor Orban pays homage to former Pope Benedict at the Vatican Because Benedict was no longer a reigning pontiff when he died, official delegations have been limited to those from Italy and his native Germany. Three palliums would be placed in Benedict's coffin along with coins and medals minted during his years as pope and a sealed lead tube holding a deed written in Latin describing his pontificate.

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Public now can see Benedict's tomb at St. Peter's Basilica
2 years ago

Public now can see Benedict's tomb at St. Peter's Basilica

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The public can now visit …

Public now can see Benedict’s tomb at St. Peter’s Basilica
2 years ago

Public now can see Benedict’s tomb at St. Peter’s Basilica

LA Times  

People visit the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI in the grottoes of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Sunday. The public can now visit the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI in the grottoes under St. Peter’s Basilica. On Thursday, his longtime secretary, Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, imparted a final blessing after Benedict’s body, contained inside three coffins — the cypress …

Pope Francis leads funeral of Benedict XVI as tens of thousands gather at Vatican
2 years ago

Pope Francis leads funeral of Benedict XVI as tens of thousands gather at Vatican

The Independent  

Tens of thousands of mourners gathered at St Peter’s Square in Vatican City to watch Pope Francis deliver a rare requiem mass for his predecessor, Benedict XVI, during the former pontiff’s funeral. open image in gallery The coffin of Benedict XVI is carried into view for the start of his funeral Francis mentioned Benedict by name only once, in the …

Faithful mourn Benedict XVI at funeral presided over by pope
2 years ago

Faithful mourn Benedict XVI at funeral presided over by pope

Associated Press  

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis joined tens of thousands of faithful in bidding farewell to Benedict XVI at a rare requiem Mass Thursday for a dead pope presided over by a living one, ending an unprecedented decade for the Catholic Church that was triggered by the German theologian’s decision to retire. A choir’s hymn echoed in the crypt as the …

AP PHOTOS: Mosaic of mourners bids farewell to Benedict XVI
2 years ago

AP PHOTOS: Mosaic of mourners bids farewell to Benedict XVI

Associated Press  

One pope laid to rest another Thursday in an extraordinary ceremony at the Vatican as the Catholic faithful bade farewell to Benedict XVI, who resigned the papacy a decade ago. Clergy and lay people alike created a mosaic with their garments — from the red skullcaps of the cardinals and the white robes of priests to the simple gray tunics …

Pope Francis to lead ex-pontiff Benedict\'s funeral
2 years ago

Pope Francis to lead ex-pontiff Benedict\'s funeral

Deccan Chronicle  

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis will preside Thursday over the funeral of his predecessor Benedict XVI at the Vatican, an unprecedented event in modern times expected to draw tens of thousands of people. Almost a decade after Benedict became the first pontiff in six centuries to resign, his successor will lead a requiem mass in the vast St Peter's Square before …

EXPLAINER: Benedict’s funeral to be simple, but with pomp
2 years ago

EXPLAINER: Benedict’s funeral to be simple, but with pomp

Associated Press  

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI held one of the world’s highest-profile positions but in his final years expressed a desire to be “hidden to the world.” While his body had been on display this week for three days, his funeral Thursday will at least in part respect his wishes for simplicity but also feature some of the pomp reserved …

Pope praises \'gentle\' Benedict ahead of funeral
2 years ago

Pope praises \'gentle\' Benedict ahead of funeral

Deccan Chronicle  

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis praised Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's “acute and gentle thought” as he presided over a packed Wednesday general audience in the Vatican, while thousands of people paid tribute to the former pope on the final day of public viewing in St. Peter's Basilica. Francis is due to preside over the late German pope's funeral on Thursday, an …

Some 200,000 turn out over three days to view Pope Benedict’s body
2 years ago

Some 200,000 turn out over three days to view Pope Benedict’s body

LA Times  

Pope Francis praised Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s “acute and gentle thought” during a Wednesday general audience in the Vatican, as tens of thousands of admirers of the retired pontiff filed by his body lying in state in St. Peter’s Basilica on the final day of viewing. After the closure, Vatican officials were preparing to place the 95-year-old German churchman’s body …

65,000 view Benedict XVI’s body lying in state at Vatican
2 years ago

65,000 view Benedict XVI’s body lying in state at Vatican

Deccan Chronicle  

VATICAN CITY: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI ’s body, his head resting on a pair of crimson pillows, lay in state in St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday as tens of thousands queued to pay tribute to the pontiff who shocked the world by retiring a decade ago. Kasper, who was among the cardinals who elected Benedict to the papacy in 2005, …

Pope Benedict XVI’s lying in state begins in Vatican as thousands expected to pay their respects
2 years ago

Pope Benedict XVI’s lying in state begins in Vatican as thousands expected to pay their respects

The Independent  

People waited in a queue at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on Monday to pay respect to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, whose body will lie in state until his funeral. "With pain I inform that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesia Monastery in the Vatican,” a statement from spokesman Matteo Bruni said. open …

Thousands pay respect to ex-pope Benedict XVI at lying-in-state
2 years ago

Thousands pay respect to ex-pope Benedict XVI at lying-in-state

Firstpost  

Thousands of Catholics paid their respects Monday to former pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, at the start of three days of lying-in-state at St Peter’s Basilica before his funeral. Benedict’s body, dressed in red papal mourning robes and a gold-edged mitre, was laid out on a catafalque draped in gold fabric in front of the altar of the church, …

Pope to Orban’s Hungary: Open your arms to everyone
3 years, 4 months ago

Pope to Orban’s Hungary: Open your arms to everyone

Associated Press  

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Pope Francis urged Hungary on Sunday to “extend its arms towards everyone,” in a veiled critique of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s anti-migrant policies, as the pontiff opened a four-day visit to Central Europe in his first big international outing since undergoing intestinal surgery in July. During their private meeting, he gave Francis a copy of a 1243 …

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