Remembrance Day ceremony in Rome
A Remembrance Day service will be held at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the Testaccio quarter of Rome on Friday 10 November at 10.45.
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A Remembrance Day service will be held at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the Testaccio quarter of Rome on Friday 10 November at 10.45.
ROME (CNS) -- As the sun broke through the morning sky after a torrential downpour in Rome, Pope Francis was wheeled past dozens of gravestones that marked the final resting place of members of the military forces who died during and immediately after World War II. He carried a bouquet of large white roses and had an aide place it at the grave of Guardsman William Perkins, a member of the Welsh Guards who died at the age of 28 in 1944. The pope then continued along the green lawn, hands clasped briefly in prayer.
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On the feast of All Souls, Pope Francis celebrated Mass at the Rome War Cemetery, saying that remembrance is part of hope.
Pope Francis speaks of remembering the dead and hoping for reunion with them in God’s Kingdom