Live Breaking News & Updates on Easter Gospel

Stay updated with breaking news from Easter gospel. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Scenes from a day of grief and gratitude: 65,000 pay their respects to Benedict XVI


The mortal remains of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI were moved early in the morning on Jan. 2, 2023, from his former residence in the Vatican's Mater Ecclesiae Monastery to St. Peter's Basilica, where the late pope is lying in state through Jan. 4. Thousands waited in line to pay their respects. / Daniel Ibañez / EWTN

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 2, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
Some 65,000 pilgrims waited in line to pay their respects to Benedict XVI Monday, providing moving scenes of grief and gratitude on the first day the pope emeritus' body lay in state in St. Peter's Basilica.
Simple rituals of prayer, holy water, incense, and silent goodbyes began in darkness inside the Vatican’s Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, where he died Saturday at age 95.
Those who had cared for him there during his nearly decade-long retirement — including his longtime personal secretary and spokesman, Archbishop Georg Gänswein — said prayer ....

Vatican City , Pope Francis , News Briefs , Holy Week , Easter Gospel ,