The Italian capital will remain guarded by 1,000 members of the security forcesin an operation for which there will even be fighter jets ready to take off from nearby bases if necessary.
San Pedro Square will be guarded by police, carabinieri and members of the Finance Guard. In a massive concentration of faithful, the presence of the Vatican Gendarmerie and Prefecture is also expected, in charge of providing security to the heads of state present at the funeral.
Furthermore, the number of 1000 accredited journalists It is an unprecedented figure in the modern history of the Vatican and the Church, according to the papal spokesman Matteo Bruni.
Presidents from all over the world present in the Vatican
The presidents of Italy, Germany, Portugal and Poland and representatives of the monarchies of Spain and Belgium will be some of the political and world personalities who will participate this Thursday in the funeral organized by the Pope Francisco in it Vatican to bid farewell to the emeritus pontiff Benedict XVI, who died on Saturday at the age of 95.
The Presidents of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, and of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeierwill be the only two to attend the funeral at the head of official delegations, according to the Vatican.
For the ceremony that Francisco will organize on Thursday at 9:30 local time (5:30 in Argentina), the presidents of Poland, Andrzej Duda; from Hungary, Katalin Novak, and from Portugal, Marcelo Nuno Duarte Rebelo de Sousa, and the governor of Benedict XVI’s native Bavaria, Markus Söder.
Source: Ambito
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