Until the coffin was closed with the late Pontifex at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, more believers came than expected, as the Holy Stuhl continued, according to Kathpress. Benedict XVI’s open coffin. had visited around 195,000 believers. Federal President Alexander van der Bellen and ÖVP Chancellor Christian Stocker also honored the last honor.
Van der Bellen told Austrian journalists in Rome that Francis would “go into history”. “He always campaigned for the poorest and weakest. He always tried to create peace wherever possible, he was always there,” said van der Bellen.
For Stocker, Francis was “a bridge builder” that he would be missing from the world. “Austria mourn with the Catholics and many people around the world around Francis, who will be remembered as a very human pope,” said the Chancellor.
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Source: Nachrichten
