On 1 March, a funeral service for Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who died in a penal colony on 16 February, is taking place in Moscow. Source: Meduza; SOTA Details: Only relatives and loved ones were allowed to enter the church.
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Get the latest updates on Alexei Navalny's funeral service and the alleged talks of his exchange in Russia. Learn more about the controversy surrounding his death
The widow of the late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny warned mourners on Wednesday that the Russian police might arrest those paying their respects to her husband at his funeral in Moscow on Friday. "I'm not sure yet whether it will be peaceful or whether police will arrest those who have come to say goodbye to my husband," Yulia Navalnaya told the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. Navalnaya told the EU legislature that her husband was tortured and killed on the order of Russian President
St. Patrick's Cathedral even held a Mass of Reparation. Gentili's family has called out church leaders for what they said was "hypocrisy" and transphobia.
NEW YORK — St. Patrick’s Cathedral held a rare Mass of Reparation Saturday after the Archdiocese of New York claimed mourners at a funeral service for trans icon Cecilia Gentili last week engaged in “scandalous behavior.” St. Patrick’s pastor, the Very Rev. Enrique Salvo, said that at Cardinal Dolan’s request, the Mass was offered to pray for forgiveness for what some Catholics considered a ...