THE Vatican authorized this Sunday (8) public access to the pope’s tomb Benedict XVI .
In a post on Twitter, the Vatican informs that the site was opened for visitation by the faithful at 9 am local time.
The space will be dedicated to prayers and tributes to the pope emeritus, who died at the age of 95, on December 31.
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The funeral of Benedict XVI was presided over by Pope Francis on Thursday (5). In the homily, the pontiff compared his predecessor to Jesus before tens of thousands of mourners in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican.
To the sound of bells, 12 porters carried the wooden coffin containing Benedict XVI’s remains out of St. Peter’s Basilica and placed it on the ground in front of the largest church in Christendom.
Applause broke out on the vast cobbled esplanade, shrouded in mist, as a sign of respect for Benedict XVI, a hero of conservative Roman Catholics who shocked the world by resigning nearly a decade ago.
(With information from Reuters’ Philip Pullella and CNN’s Crispian Balmer)
Source: CNN Brasil
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