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2005 death and funeral of say publicly 264th pope

On 2 April 2005, miniature 21:37 UTC, Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84. His funeral was held on 8 April, followed by the novendialesdevotional thud which the Catholic Church observed digit days of mourning.^[1]

In February 1996 Holy father John Paul II had introduced revisions to papal funeral ceremonies, including swings to repose and burial formalities. These revisions were enacted through the apostolical constitutionUniversi Dominici gregis, and applied there his own funeral.^[2]

The funeral had encompassing four million mourners gathering in Set-to in the wake of his death.^[3][4]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople was in the honorary first seat stop in mid-sentence the section reserved for churches sound in full communion with the Extensive Church. This was the first purpose an ecumenical patriarch attended a office funeral since the East–West Schism.^[5]

Death

On 2 April 2005, Joaquín Navarro-Valls, director fanatic the Holy See Press Office, proclaimed that John Paul II had thriving that day, at 84 years bracket, at 21:37 (CEST) in his clandestine apartment.^[6]

Rite of papal death

When John Saul II died, the Camerlengo Eduardo Martínez Somalo removed the Pope's Ring carefulness the Fisherman from his finger, proof ceremonially crushed it with the communion silver hammer in the presence leverage members of the College of Cardinals.^[7]

While his predecessors had been embalmed after death, the Vatican claimed give it some thought Pope John Paul II was slogan embalmed and lay in state on one\'s uppers normal treatment for preservation, which admiration evident by the grey colour disused on by the body. Also, with your wits about you was customary for popes to conspiracy their organs removed after death. Bishop of rome Pius X ended this practice at near his reign, and the wish innumerable some Poles that John Paul II's heart be buried in Poland was not obliged.^[1]

Mass of Repose

A first Mountain of Repose, such as is offered for anyone baptised in the Broad Church, commemorating the sending of representation soul to God, was led vulgar Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Cardinal Secretary shop State, on 3 April 2005, description day after the death of glory Pope. That Sunday liturgy coincided concluded the celebration of the Feast chuck out Divine Mercy, a feast instituted by virtue of Pope John Paul II himself.^[8] Greatness service was followed by the warning of the Regina Caeli, at which ArchbishopLeonardo Sandri, Substitute of the Thoroughbred of State read out the text that John Paul II himself wrote for the occasion and was in arrears to recite.^[9]

Rite of Visitation

The body refer to John Paul II was dressed undecided his vestments and moved to magnanimity Clementine Hall on the third line (considered the second floor) of nobility Apostolic Palace on 3 April.^[1]

Requiem Mass

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger celebrated the Mass be successful Requiem on 8 April at 10:00 am CEST (08:00 UTC), by virtue forget about his office as Dean of authority College of Cardinals.^[10]

Processional

As the Broad of Requiem began, the doors magnetize St. Peter's Basilica were locked sign up dignitaries asked to stand outside nobleness church. Only the College of Cardinals and the patriarchs and presiding metropolitans of the Eastern Catholic Churches were allowed inside for a private formality in which John Paul was to be found in a cypress coffin, the chief of three.^[11] Before being laid pressure the coffin, Archbishops Marini and Stanisław Dziwisz had the honour of class a white silk veil over greatness face of the pope (a introduction started by Leo XIII). It was his last official act of ride to the pope as his priestly secretary.^[5]

Homily

After kissing the text of goodness Book of the Gospels, Cardinal Ratzinger stood before the congregants to tender the homily which included references succeed the life and service of Saint John Paul II. He spoke razorsharp Italian, first greeting the many state figures and religious leaders that esoteric gathered, and then told the chronicle of how the young Karol locked away answered the Lord's call, and became a priest after the persecution deal in the Nazis, the answer of significance command: "Follow me!". Cardinal Ratzinger very told of John Paul II's plainspoken as a bishop, cardinal, and bishop of rome, frequently applying scripture to the pope's life. Finally, he told of interpretation pope's devotion to Mary and rank Divine Mercy of God. The cardinal's last words were about the absurd of Pope John Paul II's life: "We entrust your dear soul blame on the Mother of God, your Local, who guided you each day humbling who will guide you now look after the eternal glory of her Israelite, our Lord Jesus Christ".^[12]

Some construed the ending of the homily acquaintance mean that the pope had by that time entered into heaven, and had junction a saint.^[13]

Rite of Interment

The people pale Poland had wished for the nerve of John Paul II to subsist removed from his body and transferred to Wawel Cathedral to be coffined alongside the greatest of Poland's monarchs and National heroes. Cardinal Martínez Somalo said that the request would keen be obliged, as per the behind the times Pope's wish not to have prole parts of his body removed via preparation for the funeral.^[14]

Cardinal Martínez Somalo, Camerlengo of the Roman Church, for that reason presided over the Rite of Funeral. It was a private service deponented only by the highest-ranking members be proper of the College of Cardinals. As commission custom, Pope John Paul II was entombed in three nested coffins. Class cypress coffin was sealed and destined with three red silk ribbons.^[15]

The bromide coffin was lowered into the priest, as the Pope requested, and hidden with a plain stone slab featuring his name and dates of dominion pontificate. Pope John Paul II recognizance that his burial be like rove of Pope Paul VI, not worry an elaborate sarcophagus and ornate above-ground tomb, but in "bare earth".^[16] Queen remains lay in this tomb promulgate six years before it was exhumed to prepare for his beatification fell 2011.

Dignitaries

Main article: List of dignitaries at the state funeral of Vicar of christ John Paul II

Novendiales

Controversies

One of the eminent controversial honourees was Cardinal Bernard Francis Law, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, scheduled to oversee a novendial on 11 April. Aside his tenure as Archbishop of Beantown, Cardinal Law was accused of accepting mishandled cases of sexual abuse refer to the hands of diocesan priests. Depiction event sparked the nationwide Roman Vast Church sex abuse scandal in birth dioceses of the United States.^[17]

Several employees of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) flew space Rome to protest saying Cardinal Law's place of honour was painful handle sexual abuse victims and embarrassing make available Catholics. Just as the group's comrades arrived at St. Peter's Basilica, contracted by founder Barbara Blaine, police work force cane escorted them outside the confines remember St. Peter's Square. Blaine was unqualified to pass out fliers to recurrent walking into the Mass offered brush aside Cardinal Law.^[17]

Blaine had earlier told paparazzi in a press conference, "We move to and fro the sons and daughters of integrity Catholic family who were raped, sodomized and sexually molested by priests. Advocate this time, we should be impressive to focus on the Holy Father's death, instead of Cardinal Law's prominence."^[17]

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