Four million participants and headed by the sixteenth Benedict before his appointment
He shouts “The Holy” and “the Holy topic”, Four million loyal Rome attended To launch one of the most famous potatoes in the history of the Catholic Church. Between sighs and strong winds, the collective funeral was also in 20 years ago. Is this, San Juan Pablo IIIn 84 years, he died in office 27 years after the papacy, and for the first time in the century, a wonderful meeting that we remember today was organized as a result of the death Pope Francisco.
in Plaza de San Pedro was called 300,000 people From 80 different countries. However, it did not end there, because at the funeral they appeared Religious leaders Like the Orthodox Patriarch, the magnet, the rabbis, the Buddhist and Hindu actors. Pope John Paul II was Travel Pope“The Pilgrim Pope”, it was clear that he would have friends and followers in every corner of the world and the test was that it was the event that was in it The heads of state cannot refuse.
John Paul II funeral party
in 10 am from April 8, 2005 His tab came out to start the ceremony as the tradition represents. Thirst, A group of ordinary people Personally, the Pope appoints them for this function of life, bringing their shoulders the body of the Pope even in the procession of his generosity and ending the papacy.
However, the great curiosity was that Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, Which was one of his closest collaborators Without knowing that, I would like to replace it, He will be responsible for a funeral responsibility in a wide and personal reading. This phrase, “Our Pope looks at us from the window of the Father’s house, is blessing us.” They have been on the memory of those who live The death of John Paul II As if it was a close being.
Ratsinger was then Dean of Cardinalisio CollegeAnd, which he placed as a major celebration of the Mass of the deceased’s funeral. Though Pordek 16th, The person who filled the great shoes left by the Polish will be.
Funeral rituals for John Paul II
It also happens with Francisco, by days, body The Pope had been subjected to Basilica San PedroAs more than three million people came to honor. The rows lasted to enter up to 24 hoursThe silence that the insured launched, according to those who were present, were the ears.
The mass started in a sunny morning, but The wind was the protagonist With fiery bursts that many believers came to consider symbolism. The completion of the ceremony, The wind gently closed the Bible He settled on his coffin, and therefore, his mission on Earth was ended.
The coffin was from Ciprés And put it on the floor, in front of the main altar of the square, without the best or large decorations, as requested. Cardinals, bishops and priests from all continents participated in the holiness texts, and the sacred texts were read in several languages. John Paul II, unlike Francisco, Yes, it was buried in three coffinsthat Cyprés, one of zinc and one of the oak, Along with symbolic things like Pontificate metal currencies and a copy of his death certificate.
The whole world was interested in this farewell. They are transmitted directly on televisions, in more than 200 countries, More than a billion people were seen. There are those who remember that in the square and in the streets of Rome, they collected about four million people, sleeping on the ground or in temporary tents.
