The early Roman sees the Pope: Huge snakes have been formed in St. Peter’s Basilica since the early hours of the morning, at 11 am. The update room is opened. The “Kroon” has been in itself since 7 in the morning. In the meantime, the Holy City is preparing for the hurry of thousands of pilgrims at the funeral on Saturday.
A long line has already been formed shortly after 7 a.m. Thousands of believers are waiting patiently on both inputs of St. Peter’s Square. The mood fluctuates between excited and contemplative. Jung stands next to old, rich next to the poor, large families next to individual believers. It is a Babylonian Sea: Spanish, English, Italian, German, African dialects. Some jokes loudly, others are deeply sunk in mind.
Security controls are fast and effective. If you have water with it, you have to drink a sip for the police to prove that it is not a dangerous liquid. From 11 am the believers should be able to say goodbye to the Updhaal.
Rome is preparing for the funeral on Saturday
With all haste, this is not even a fraction of what will happen with the actual funeral on Saturday: in addition to hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, hundreds of heads of state and the government will also participate.
The minister of civil protection, Nello Musumeci, said it is not yet estimated how many people will travel to Rome for the mourning ceremony for the pope. The funeral ceremony for John Paul II in April 2005, in which more than a million people participated, must serve as a model.
Along the Via della Conciliazione, the large axis leading to St. Peter’s Square, on the Piazza Pia and the Piazza Risorgimento, large screens are set up on which the pilgrims can follow the funeral ceremony. Public transport must be strengthened. Volunteers must support pilgrims who want to go to St. Peter’s Square.
Source: Krone
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