The Brazilian Bianca Fraccalvieri read in Portuguese of Universal Prayer during Pope Francis’ funeral mass in the Vatican, this Saturday (26).
Bianca is a journalist at Vatican News. On the website of the portal dedicated to Vatican News, there are several articles signed by the Brazilian.
See the passage:
The Mass of Exequias took place at the São Pedro Basilica, at 10am, local time (5am from Brasilia).
She was chaired by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Decano (oldest member) of the Cardinal College, according to the Vatican’s official news agency.
According to Reuters news agency, the Mass would be concelebrated by 220 cardinals and 750 bishops and priests near the altar, as well as 4,000 priests in the square.
The cardinal redeered the prayer of the faithful, also called universal prayer.
What happened next marked a change from previous dad funerals. The cardinals uttered a brief prayer in six languages: Italian, French, Arabic, Portuguese, Polish, German and Mandarin.
It was the first time Mandarin was included in a papal funeral.
“For us, gathered here, that, having celebrated the sacred mysteries, we may one day be called by Christ to enter his glorious kingdom,” read Cardinal Agostino Liu Bo.
During his papacy, Francis expressed his desire to visit China, and the Vatican has been trying in recent years to strengthen his relationship with Beijing.
Later, the priests and other celebrants distributed the host, also called Holy Communion – bread and wine, representing the body and blood of Christ – among the cardinals.
After receiving, the host was distributed among the crowd of the faithful, seeking to reach as many people as possible.
Burial Papa Francisco
Pope Francis was buried this Saturday (26) in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. He becomes the first pontiff in about 100 years to be buried outside the Vatican.
A funeral procession took the Pope’s coffin to the church. The pontiff himself asked to be buried there. Also according to the Holy See, 150,000 people were present in the procession.
The funeral took place in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican. The Holy See stated that more than 250,000 people, in addition to dozens of heads of state, attended. The ceremony lasted 2 hours and 10 minutes.
The Pontiff’s coffin was closed on Friday (25), in a closed ceremony with cardinals.
This content was originally published in Brazilian participates in Pope Francis’ funeral mass; See excerpt on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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