VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis will preside Thursday over the funeral of his predecessor Benedict XVI at the Vatican, an unprecedented event in modern times expected to draw tens of thousands of people. Read more at straitstimes.com.
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis will preside Thursday over the funeral of his predecessor Benedict XVI at the Vatican, an unprecedented event in modern times expected to draw tens of thousands of people.
“Benedict is a bit like my father, so I had to pay homage to him... to learn his faith,” said Cristina Grisanti, a 59-year-old from Milan who arrived at 5.30am.Benedict, born Joseph Ratzinger, died on Saturday aged 95, bringing an end to an unprecedented situation of having two “men in white” – he and Francis – living in the Vatican.
Portugal has declared a national day of mourning on Thursday, while in Italy, flags will be flown at half-mast on public buildings. His eight years as head of the worldwide Catholic Church was also marked by crises, from in-fighting within the Vatican to the global scandal of clerical sex abuse and its cover-up.
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