- Title: 'Sad but meaningful' - faithful share feelings after Benedict's funeral
- Date: 5th January 2023
- Summary: ROME, ITALY (JANUARY 5, 2023) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) BRAZILIAN MOURNER, ENRIQUE MACARI, SAYING: "Well, it's kind of sad the news about the death of the pope but of course, it's a beautiful celebration and I think it represents a lot about his life and what he expected, a simple celebration but very beautiful." (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ARGENTINEAN MOURNER, MARIANA, SAYING: "It is a sad but meaningful day. I wanted to be here so much that I can feel it in my heart." (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) RWANDAN FAITHFUL LIVING IN ITALY, DOROTEA DADAEKI, SAYING: "I felt despite today I had other things to do, that I had to come here. I told myself that I had to come and attend holy mass to accompany him in prayer." (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) ITALIAN MOURNER, OLIMPIA PALLAVICINO, SAYING: "It was a beautiful, silent (quiet) funeral, a very heartfelt funeral, and also historical because there were two popes anyway and I came because I was here on the day of his election." (SOUNDBITE) (English) MOURNER FROM GERMANY, STEFAN BROWN, SAYING: "Not really emotional but impressive, it was really impressive because also I am an atheist, it's different for me and I am not used to it." FAITHFUL LEAVING ST. PETER'S SQUARE BANNER READING (Italian) "POPE BENEDICT THE GREAT" FAITHFUL LEAVING ST. PETER'S SQUARE
- Embargoed: 19th January 2023 11:10
- Keywords: Former Pope Benedict Italy Pope Francis Rome St. Peter's Basilica St. Peter's Square Vatican City funeral
- Location: VATICAN CITY AND ROME, ITALY
- City: VATICAN CITY AND ROME, ITALY
- Country: Vatican City
- Topics: Europe,Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA002037304012023RP1
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- Story Text:Mourners from around the world were in St. Peter's Square on Thursday (January 5) to bid farewell to former pope Benedict.
Benedict's death brought to an end a decade of the former and present pope living side-by-side in the Vatican and it was the first time in more than 200 years that a pontiff had led the funeral service of his predecessor.
About 200,000 people filed past Benedict's body while it was lying in state for three days until Wednesday (January 4) evening.
The coffin will be buried later on Thursday in the underground Vatican grottoes in the niche where first Pope John XXIII and then John Paul II were interred before their remains were transferred to more prominent places in the basilica above.
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