Funeral of Pope Francis

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Watching it now. I'm not religious - but it is a fascinating watch and a beautiful setting.

The code was dark suit for men, black dresses for women.

This is a revelation to me, thank you!

I thought everyone had the 'Sunday best' dress code.

What grave?

The place where his corporeal remains are laid to rest.

Please, what do you mean by 'taking communion by mouth'?

As an Anglican I was taught to hold out my hands to receive the wafer and then to raise my hands a bit and lower my head a bit so that I took the wafer into my mouth. Then the priest brought the chalice and I sipped a little sip of wine. Aids and Covid have made for different things happening from what I was first taught. Always we knelt at the rail but more recently we stand.

The place where his corporeal remains are laid to rest.

Well, Christians believe that he isn't there anymore. It's somehow the entire point of Christian belief.

@upinaballoon taking communion by mouth means that the priest places the communion wafer directly onto your tongue (you stick out your tongue). At some point it went out of favour/fashion and people started receiving the communion wafer onto their hand instead. You place your right hand under your left hand and the priest places the communion wafer onto your left hand. Then you use your right hand to place the wafer into your mouth.

There is no such place.

The Resurrection !

I was thinking the same. Narcissism is the name of his game.

Thankyou @Igneococcus
Exactly.
It’s called the Resurrection which we commemorate on Easter Monday. That’s why there’s a bank holiday here in the UK

banivani · Today 10:29
When I went to mass this Easter I noticed several people kneeling and taking communion by mouth. I asked a friend at church who goes all the time (a convert btw) and is au courant what that was all about and she rolled her eyes and said oh it’s soo pious. Soo pious. 😂

Your friend does not sound very nice, sorry to say

This is a thread about the funeral of the Pope.
Theres probably another thread where this might be appropriate …. It’s not this one!

Seeing as Our Lord rose on the 3rd day, 2000+ years ago he won't have any "corporal remains" !
Please try to keep up !

@Flightofthegeese

Why have you posted a laughing image at my comment on the Resurrection.

This is hate speech against All Christianity.
I hope you are proud………

This is a thread about the Popes Funeral !

Start a Christianity bashing thread if it makes you happy….your image shows ignorance and small mindedness

Given this post of yours I’m guessing the laughing image posted on my list wasn’t a p….. take of my comment on The Resurection
Im guessing you meant it for the previous poster.

In which case please please ignore my take down of you later 🥴
I thought you were laughing at the idea of the Resurrection

My comment was aimed at the person who mentioned our Lord's Corporal remains, which as you say don't exist.

If it upsets you so much I'll remove it.

Trump’s suit isn’t the problem, it’s his giant, shiny, pale blue tie. The Vatican asked for black tie - perfectly normal, respectful wear for any funeral and that oaf thought ‘nobody tells me what to do’. He looked as if he was off to a totally different event than Melania.

I’ve just realised that.
See my last post.

I think the problem is we’re being trolled by Christian haters again.

Dont worry.

Are the only real differences between Anglican and Catholic is one (Catholic) believes in the Virgin Mary as mother of God, together with the Pope as head of the church and saints , but the other (Anglican - Protestant) do not?

I've been in many Anglican churches and they looked just like Catholic churches to me. But I am a heathen so I don't know.

@Flightofthegeese @LovePeriodProperty guys, you're on the same side.

It's complex and maybe this thread isn't the best place to discuss it.

Perhaps start another thread ?

Yay.
We got that now 🤣🤣

Agree
@Aizen there’s so so much more to it and would be a big derail

There's a pretty big difference wrt communion. Catholics believe in transubstaniation where the bread and wine become the body and blood of christ whereas protestants believe communion is commemorating christ's sacrifice.

Protestant churches tend to be more austere but anglican less so than other protestant churches.

One massive difference I've noticed between anglican and catholic churches is the militaristic commemorations/memorials in anglican ones.

Apologies everyone, I agree that my post was out of context today. It was just that I saw a comment about "Sunday Best" re Anglican services as being different to other religions, together with other references to a difference between Catholic and Protestant (Anglican?).

I thought the Pope's funeral today was all it should be for a Head of the Catholic Church and the Head of the Vatican city. May he rest in peace now.