Some 200,000 turn out over three days to view Benedict’s body
Vatican City AP Pope Francis praised Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s “acute and gentle thought” during a Wednesday general audience in the Vatican, as tens of thousands of admirers of the retired pontiff filed by his body lying in state in Peter’s Basilica on the final day of viewing. By the time the basilica’s doors were […]
Tens of thousands view body of former Pope Benedict
Vatican CityReuters A steady stream of tens of thousands of people filed into St Peter’s Basilica on Monday to pay their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI, whose body was laying in state without any papal paraphernalia ahead of his funeral this week. Benedict, a hero to conservative Catholics who yearned for a return to […]
Quick facts – Former Pope Benedict to have simple funeral after lying in state
Vatican CityReuters The body of former Pope Benedict XVI, who died on Saturday, will lie in state in St Peter’s Basilica on Monday and remain there for three days before his funeral, which is set for 5th January. Here are the initial details of the ceremonies, as outlined in a Vatican statement. Lying in stateUntil […]
As national mourning period ends, 250,000 viewed Queen’s lying-in-state
London, UKReuters Some 250,000 mourners filed past Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin at Westminster Hall in London during her lying-in-state, the government said on Tuesday, as the nation’s mourning period ended. On Monday, the world’s gaze had fallen on London as the Queen was laid to rest after her 70-year reign in a dazzling show of […]
Explainer – How will the public be able to say goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II?
London, UKReuters The body of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will lie in state inside Westminster Hall for the public to pay their respects before her funeral on Monday, 19th September. Below is a look at the arrangements and the lying-in-state tradition. Britain’s King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Anne, Princess Royal, Prince Andrew, Duke of York […]
King Charles III to fly to Scotland to join sombre procession of Queen’s coffin
Edinburgh, UKReuters Britain’s King Charles III will fly to Edinburgh to join his siblings on Monday when the coffin of his mother Queen Elizabeth II is taken in a solemn procession from one of her Scottish palaces to the city’s historic St Giles cathedral. The new monarch will also join senior royals for a vigil […]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg first woman and first Jew to lie in state at US Capitol
RNS Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a trailblazer in life — and also in death. The associate justice who died on 18th September will lie in repose at the Supreme Court on Wednesday and Thursday, as have several of her departed colleagues – Justices John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia and Chief Justice William H Rehnquist. […]