How Pope Francis reshaped the traditions of papal funerals

MAY COLUMN: The traditions for burial of a pope

Over the last several weeks, we have been considering some of the church’s traditions celebrated during the seasons of Lent and Easter. This past Easter an event occurred that touched one of the strongest traditions within the Catholic church.

We will consider it a good thing that Francis was a very humble type, a candid and kind soul to say enough. But the Holy Mother Catholic Church is as she is, and for a moment she can not fail to demonstrate her enormous power Ataca José K. her mortadella sandwich. On bread of mold and without bark, that the denture is as it is in her years and the implants – a luxury – are out of her reach. On the television she inherited from a neighbor, now ow…

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Francis lived by the idea that greatness is found in humility, not spectacle. His wooden casket was adorned only with the symbols of faith, hope, and love.

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How Pope Francis reshaped the traditions of papal funerals

As part of Francis’ push to simplify the papal funeral rites, his body is in a single wooden coffin lined with zinc, rather than having three nested coffins of cypress, lead and oak as was tradition.

In the presence of a large number of world leaders, kings and heads of state and government, the funeral ceremony of Pope Francesco started in the Vatican. Crowds bid farewell to the pope in a funeral mass in Saint Peter's Square...