Monday, April 04, 2005

Funeral Mass to be Held Friday, April 8; Pope to be Buried in Vatican Basilica

At the end of the morning, Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls held a briefing in the Holy See Press Office for accredited journalists on the following questions:

..."Funeral Mass for John Paul II.

"The funeral Mass for John Paul II will be celebrated on Friday, April 8 at 10 a.m. in St. Peter's Square.

"The funeral liturgy will be celebrated by the cardinals and the patriarchs of the Oriental Churches. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, dean of the College of Cardinals, will preside.

"At the end of the liturgy, the casket of the Roman Pontiff will be brought into the Vatican Basilica and then into the Vatican Grottoes for burial."

Navarro-Valls noted that the body of John Paul II will rest in the same place where Blessed Pope John XXIII was entombed. The remains of the this Pope, who died in 1963, were moved from the grottos to the Vatican Basilica on June 3, 2001, nine months after his beatification on September 3, 2000. -V.I.S.

3 comments:

Angelo said...

Great site!
Thanks

Angelo

Anonymous said...

... the body of John Paul II will rest in the same place where Blessed Pope John XXIII was entombed.

A fitting decision.

Excellent work on the blog these days, Andy.

Anonymous said...

Would the oriental patriarchs be of the Armenian, Chaldean and Coptic churches?

Or of the Marionite rite, and Syriac rite?