Although more than 300,000 people have already arrived at the pope lease ceremony, the preparations for Saturday in full Swing-Italian capital are in emergency. The highest safety measures apply. In addition to 1,000 police officers, snipers on roofs, dog and row -squadrons and drone hunters from the ranks of the army must also guarantee safety.
The last trip from Pope Franciscus by St. Peter’s Square to the cemetery in the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore will be six kilometers long. The body of the pope, who died on Easter Monday, will go through the streets of the center of Rome after the funeral ceremony on Saturday for the funeral to the Basilica near the central station. The flying room via Rome is closed during the funeral ceremony.
“You don’t have that in Austria, right?”
Anti-drone Bazookas are also in use, which can interrupt the radio waves in the case of unauthorized aircraft. The “Kroon” could get an idea of these drone hunters on the spot. A soldier with the pity was emphasized on Thursday cool: “You are from Austria? You have nothing like that, did you?” The portable interference can make drones deaf and blind. Either the unmanned flight objects are taken to the ground or haunting the security zone.
To enter St. Peter’s Square, the believers must go through goals with metal detectors. Those who do not penetrate into the square have the opportunity to pursue the service on large screens. St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome also remained open on Friday evening to enable believers to say goodbye to the late Pope. People waited hours to get to the body of the Argentinian Pontifex. The basilica in the Vatican is still open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Then the coffin is closed in a solemn ceremony (8 p.m.). The funeral takes place on Saturday.
Big Rush: Pope has been laid longer
The Holy Stuhl was actually planning to open the St. Pietersbasiliek on Thursday until midnight. Because of the great hurry, however, the person in charge decided to let people go into the cathedral, even after midnight. The parsdom therefore closed at 2:30 am and was opened again at 5.40 am in a live stream from the Basilica, you could see how people were repeatedly admitted until the morning hours that had previously waited for hours. The pope said that 128,000 people say goodbye since Wednesday.
The mourning time of nine days starts
The mourning time in the Vatican starts on Saturday, the day of the funeral of Franciscus, and ends on 4 May. Every day a grant for the late pope is read in the Basilica of St. Peter. The parties are public and can be visited by all believers. Several high -ranking church men are available on the nine days. After the stock exchange at St. Peter’s Square, the coffin is brought to Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. There, at his own request, Francis is buried in a certain niche in the left aisle of the church in the center of Rome close to the Marienicone “Salus Populi Romani” (Redding of the Roman people).
Source: Krone
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