Rome prepares to receive thousands of people at Benedict XVI’s farewell

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The body will be displayed from this Monday in the Basilica of San Pedro for the last farewell to the faithful, and the funeral will be presided over by Pope Francis on Thursday in the square of the same name.

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The city of Rome is preparing to say goodbye to Benedict XVI, who died on Saturday, December 31, and expects some 35,000 to watch over the remains of the late pope emeritus and some 60,000 on Thursday. January 5, when Pope Francisco will preside over his funeral, as reported by the prefect of Rome, Bruno Frattasi, during the urgently convened Provincial Committee for Order and Security.

The body of Benedict XVI will be displayed in the Basilica of San Pedro from Monday 2 for the last farewell to the faithful and meanwhile they rest in the Mater Ecclesiae convent of the Vatican, where he died this Saturday at the age of 95. No official visits or public prayers are scheduled until the funeral chapel opens at 9 a.m. Monday.

Between 30,000 and 35,000 people are expected during the three days that the coffin of the Pope Emeritus will be exhibited in San Pedro, that is from the morning of January 2 to the afternoon of Wednesday, January 4. funeral, on Thursday, January 5, according to Frattasi, there will be between 50,000 and 60,000 people. “It will depend on several variables, including the weather, but it looks like things will be fine,” the official expects. For safety reasons, the airspace above St. Peter’s Square is prohibited on the day of the funeral.

In addition, other security measures will be taken, such as the reinforcement of the officers who will patrol the streets and the medical teams. “We will have at least 1,000 law enforcement officers on site for the funeral, a number not less than planned for New Year’s Eve. There will be medical guards and 500 civil defense volunteers will be hired. We will also have the mission of informing about queues and waiting. There will also be ambulances and 118 outpatient clinics”.

there will be two entrances susceptible on both sides of the Basilica of San Pedro and in the center will be the exit. “The aim – explained the Prefect of Rome – is both to regulate critical aspects in terms of public order and to protect the safety of those who want to pay tribute to Ratzinger’s coffin”.

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Source: EITB

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