It is estimated that more than sixty thousand believers flocked to St. Peter’s Square and the surrounding streets to watch the religious ceremony.
The “immediate canonization” (Santo Subito – santo subito) of the late Pope Emeritus Benedict was requested by many believers, who participated today in his funeral, in St. Peter’s Square.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s coffin is carried to St. Peter’s Square. pic.twitter.com/gLtgjQkt0h
— Vatican News (@VaticanNews) January 5, 2023
According to the Italian media, it is estimated that in St. Peter’s Square and the surrounding streets, more than sixty thousand believers flocked to watch the religious ceremony.
“We deliver our brother into the hands of the Father. Let these hands, full of charity, find the lamp lit with the oil of the Gospel, the word of which he spread during his life”, emphasized Pope Francis, shortly before the end of the ceremony.
Francis approached and prayed, resting his hands on the coffin.
The body was then transferred to the Vatican caves, where the German pontiff was buried.
The coffin of the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is carried into St. Peter’s Basilica, where the Pope Emeritus will be laid to rest in the former tomb of Pope St. John Paul II underneath the basilica. pic.twitter.com/dou15IjboA
— Vatican News (@VaticanNews) January 5, 2023
A total of 3,700 Catholic clergy participated in the funeral ceremony, while ten bishops arrived in Rome from Germany, where the late pontiff came from. The ceremony was attended by more than a thousand journalists, from thirty-five countries of the world.
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