Pope Francis led a relatively spare funeral for Pope Benedict XVI
VATICAN CITY — For the first time in its modern history, the Catholic Church buried a retired pontiff, following a stripped down and solemn ceremony Thursday that included a final, indelible gesture: Pope Francis bowing his head and placing his hand on the casket of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI before it was carried away.
Francis’s approach marked a notable departure from the homily at the last papal funeral, delivered by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger 10 days before he’d be elected as Benedict. Then, Ratzinger had woven verse and biography, describing John Paul II’s teenage years working at a chemical plant, his discoveries as a young priest, his reign as pontiff, when he “tried to meet everyone.” When Ratzinger finished, the crowd in St.
“It’s totally in the spirit of Benedict, and it’s only fair that his wishes should be respected,” Cardinal Wim Eijk, a conservative who held Benedict in high regard, said in an interview with The Washington Post after the funeral.Though the Vatican had previewed that Benedict’s funeral would be “simple,” he received many of the passages afforded other pontiffs: For three days this week, he lay in state for public visitation.
In 2021, Francis revoked a signature liturgical decision of Pope Benedict by imposing restrictions on the old Latin Mass, a rite favored by some traditionalists. In an interview published this week by a German outlet, Benedict’s longtime personal secretary and confidant, Georg Gänswein, called that decision a “cut” against the pope emeritus that created “pain in his heart.”
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