The body will be exposed from this Monday in the Basilica of San Pedro for the last farewell to the faithful, and the funeral will be presided over by Pope Francis on Thursday in the square of the same name.
Euskaraz irakurri: Vatikanoak 60,000 pertsonatik gora espero ditu Benedikto XVI.aren hileta-elizkizunean, ostegunean
The city of Rome is preparing to bid farewell to Benedict XVI, who died this Saturday, December 31, and expects some 35,000 people to come to watch over the mortal remains of the late pope emeritus and some 60,000 to come to the city on Thursday, January 5, when Pope Francis will preside over his funeral, as reported by the Prefect of Rome, Bruno Frattasi, during the urgently convened Provincial Committee for Order and Security.
The body of Benedict XVI will be exhibited starting this Monday 2 in Saint Peter’s Basilica for the last farewell to the faithful and, meanwhile, they rest in the Mater Ecclesiae monastery in the Vatican, where he died this Saturday at the age of 95. Until the funeral chapel opens at 09:00 on Monday, no official visits or public prayers are planned.
During the three days in which the coffin of the pope emeritus will be exposed in San Pedro, that is, from the morning of January 2 until the afternoon of Wednesday the 4th, between 30,000 and 35,000 people are expected. funeralOn Thursday, January 5, according to Frattasi, there will be between 50,000 and 60,000 people. “It will depend on several variables, including the weather, but it seems that it will be good,” the official has anticipated. For security reasons, on the day of the funeral the airspace over Saint Peter’s Square will be prohibited.
In addition, other security measures will be taken, such as the reinforcement of the agents who will patrol the streets and the medical teams. “We will have at least 1,000 law enforcement officers on the ground for the funeral, a number no less than planned for New Year’s Eve,” Frattasi said. “There will be medical guards, 500 Civil Protection volunteers will be recruited, which will also have the mission of informing about queues and waiting. There will also be ambulances and 118 outpatient posts”.
there will be two entrances predisposed on both sides of the Basilica of San Pedro and in the center will be the exit. “The objective – explained the prefect of Rome – is to regulate both critical aspects in terms of public order and to protect the safety of those who want to pay homage to Ratzinger’s coffin”.
Benedict XVI. Photo: Vatican
The Vatican released today the first photos of the corpse of Benedict XVI in a room in the monastery decorated for Christmas.
Source: Eitb
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