Key details – This is how ex-Pope Benedict XVI’s funeral will take place

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The world will say goodbye to emeritus Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday. An Austrian delegation of clergy and politicians will be present, but future priests will also be present. The details of the funeral service.

The wooden nativity scene still adorns St. Peter’s Square in Rome. Newly married couples kiss in front of the historical background, the sun is shining. You’d almost think it’s a day like any other at the Vatican – were it not for the hundreds of armchairs waiting for clergy, secular and noble guests from all over the world.

They will all be occupied by 9:30 a.m. Thursday, when Pope Francis greets his predecessor Benedict XVI, who passed away on New Year’s Eve. adopted.

Ex-President and clergy arrive
Former Federal President Heinz Fischer, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, Salzburg Archbishop Franz Lackner and Bishop Ägidius Zsifkovics from Eisenstadt are from Austria.

The Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Alois Kothgasser, is on a pilgrimage in Rome with a group. “The trip was planned since September. We are deeply moved to be part of this event,” says seminarist Stefan Scheichl.

Clerics wear red
The bishop of Graz, Wilhelm Krautwaschl, is also there. “The mass will be like any other funeral,” he says. The clergy will wear red and Krautwaschl has brought his own miter and alb, i.e. bishop’s hat and undergarments.

According to “Kathpress”, the only difference between the mass in the Gospel and the one after the death of John Paul II, who died in office, was the sermon of Pope Francis, which is eagerly awaited.

Funeral party with “light Italian fare”
After the Mass, the Austrian Ambassador to the Holy See, Marcus Bergmann, invites you for lunch in Via Reno. However, there will be no obazda and white sausages in memory of the Bavarian pope – the menu says “light Italian cuisine”.

More than 160,000 were constructed
In total, more than 70,000 people are expected. However, this number could easily be exceeded: about 160,000 people came to see the emeritus pope on Wednesday afternoon, the Vatican had initially expected ‘only’ 90,000.

And already on Wednesday, crowds of tourists made their way between the Castel Sant’Angelo on the banks of the Tiber and the Via della Conciliazione in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, past civil defense vehicles and fire trucks.

About 1,000 journalists from 30 countries report on the funeral. 1000 policemen and 500 volunteers are on duty, even the airspace above Rome is closed.

Source: Krone

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