mourning time
A deceased pope is commemorated with a nine-day period of mourning, which bears the Latin name “Novemdiales”. Normally, after the death of a pope, the cardinals must also elect his successor. This does not apply in the case Benedict’swho on February 11, 2013 became the first pope to resign in more than six centuries, making way for his successor, Pope Francis.
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Laying out in St. Peter’s Basilica and funeral service in St. Peter’s Square
the corpse Benedict’s is to be laid out in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome from Monday morning so that the faithful can say goodbye to him. The funeral service for Benedict will take place on January 5th in St. Peter’s Square and will be led by the incumbent Pope Francis – an unprecedented event in the two thousand year history of the Catholic Church, which is due to the historic resignation Benedict’s comes about. Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna, and Franz Lackner, Archbishop of Salzburg, Chairman of the Bishops’ Conference, will take part in the funeral services as official representatives of the Church in Austria.
Benedict XVI and Austria: The highlight was the visit in 2007
In 2005, around a million people took part in the funeral service for the charismatic John Paul II on St. Peter’s Square. Numerous heads of state and crowned heads paid their last respects to the longstanding head of the church. At that time, Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, led the funeral ceremony. Shortly thereafter, the cardinals elected him the new pope Benedict XVI
burial
According to Vatican rules, a pope must be buried four to six days after his death. Of the BenedictBiographer Peter Seewald had declared in 2020 that the Pope Emeritus wanted a burial in the former grave of his predecessor John Paul II in St. Peter’s Basilica. After John Paul’s beatification in 2011, his body was reburied in a chapel in the aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica.
Destruction of the signet ring
A ring is specially made for each pope as a sign of his power. The head of the church uses this so-called fisherman’s ring as a seal for documents. The signet ring Benedict’s was made unusable with an “X” after his resignation. The piece of jewelery is taken from the finger of a deceased pope and then broken.
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