Pope Francis led the funeral of His predecessor, Benedict XVI on Thursday in In front of me of tens of thousands of mourners in St. Peter’s Square, Ann event Unprecedented in modern times.
Cardinals dressed in scarlet, dignitaries and thousands of Priests and nuns from all over world They gathered to see off the German theologian, who The Catholic Church was stunned in 2013 by becoming first the pope in six Centuries to resign.
to me first the time in modern historyThe papal funeral was led by the seated pope, Francis, who He delivered the sermon in Italian as part of Multilingual service with Latin mass.
“Benedict…may it be your joy complete As you hear (God’s) voice now and forever! ” in tribute to his predecessor, who Died on Saturday age 95.
in the end of Service, Frances made the sign of Cross over Benedict’s simple cypress sarcophagus bowed to him headbefore being carried by pallbearers to St Peter’s Basilica.
Benedict will be buried in a tomb in Vatican Grottoes under the basilica where John Paul II was body Lie down before being moved for his beatification in 2011.
He was a Polish pope made saint in 2014.
in a private After a funeral service on Thursday, Benedict’s coffin was tied up with Red ribbon and put it in Zinc coffin, before it was sealed and placed inside a wooden coffin, according to the Vatican.
Coins and medals minted during the papacy and a written text describing his pontificate stamped in A metal cylinder, placed next to it body.
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Born Joseph Ratzinger, the previous pope was not head of Country for hold, however world Among these leaders were German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the audience.
Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen, 90, also Attended after obtaining permission from the court to travel after him arrest last year under city’s national security law.
An estimated 50,000 people they were in Saint Peter’s Square for The funeral, according to the police, is many of After they lined up up since dawn in Thick fog to see off.
Little Benedict like My father, Christina Grisanti, 59, said:year- from Milan, who praised the former “The Pope’s purity, frankness, and meekness.”
An estimated 195,000 people It was already They paid their respects earlier in the week in which body extend in The state in the basilica.
Many Germans – some of them in Lederhosen – Kant in crowd on Thursday with church bells ringing out Via Benedict native Germany at the height of the funeral.
“We owe him a lot. We want to me show to stand behind Benedict Rotweiler, 34, said: who He came from Aachen with for him family.
He was always accepting of everything way God wants it. This is the good Example for us Humans “.
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Benedict was a brilliant theologian but a divisive figure who alienated many Catholics with his strength defense of conservative doctrine on Issues such as abortion.
his eight years head of The Catholic Church was all over the world also marked by crises, from in- Fighting inside the Vatican to global scandal of Sexual abuse of clergy and its cover-up.
When he resigned, Benedict said he no longer had “the power of Mind and body” it is necessary for Mission, retire to a quiet life in monastery in Vatican Gardens.
for him death put an end to an unprecedented situation of having two”men in White “- he and Francis – live in Little city-Country.
It was said that he and Francis, an Argentine Jesuit, obtained it on Well, but Benedict’s later interventions meant he stayed standard-pregnant for conservative Catholics who did not like behind him more liberal position.
the last time headed by the pope over Funeral of was his predecessor in 1802, when Pius VII led the ceremony for Pius VI.
Pius VI died in 1799 in Exile, a prisoner of France and buried in parity. Behind him was him remains Graves were exhumed and brought back for Papal funeral in Saint Peter’s.
European royal family
Beyond Saint Peter’s, many of The world’s Catholic followers were expected to reach 1.3 billion Catholics follow Funeral procedures on TV and radio.
In the predominantly Catholic Philippines, churches hold masses for the former Pope, including the Malolos Cathedral near the capital, Manila.
“It’s an inexplicable feeling to witness that,” said Sherry Castro, 67.
Portugal announced a national day of Smith on Thursday when in Italy, the flags were raised in half- Mast on public buildings.
the only official Delegations were from Germany and Italy.
But other dignitaries, including members of the Belgian and Spanish royal families, are presidents of Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Hungary, Slovenia, Togo and Prime Ministers of The Czech Republic, Gabon and Slovakia, among others, attended in adjective
