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.

My best friend is training to be a deacon in Glastonbury Catholic church.
He said lots of women wear mantillas there.

Mass would have been said with the funeral rites as part of the service hence the duration. I'm not sure but I think in non Catholic funerals you just get the funeral rites.

Hopefully practicing Christians will correct me kindly if I'm wrong.

He sounded nervous to me - there was a bit of cracking. He started pretty strongly. I know he had a mic, but it can be difficult outside not to oversing because what you can hear yourself is different.

I haven’t gone to church for years but went this Easter and was surprised to see several mantillas. Some sort of neo-conservatism clearly.

They're lucky with the weather. What would they have done if rain was forecast?

I'm not a practising Anglican, but have been confirmed. There is no communion at an Anglican funeral. The funeral rites are typically at the crematorium or graveside after the church service which is a memorial of the deceased.

Mantillas seem to be a lot more popular recently. I've started seeing a fair few at mass on a weekly basis. The mass for pope Francis last week had lots of women wearing them.

Do you mean to get a blessing before reading the gospel? If a deacon is doing the gospel reading he always gets blessed by the ”main” priest, because normally the priest does the gospel reading.

I'd be amazed if they don't also have working plans for indoor ceremonies. Rome gets chilly enough in winter, and there's surely a Vatican equivalent of Operation London Bridge.

Trump seems to be sitting on his own

Who’s that fella, Ted?

Oh, I expect that’s a top priest, Dougal.

<Ted daydreams, a wistful look on his face about the many might-have-beens in his life, if only that money hadn’t been found resting in his account>

I've been reading about all the paraphernalia that goes with him in the coffin. Everyday is a school day.

Thank you!

It's going to rain in Rome on Monday and then really heat up. Approx 21° sun/cloud today, they've been very lucky.

A lovely send-off all the same

What a complete and utter oaf he is.

I'm torn on Mantillas - obviously, we don't have to cover our heads in church or anywhere else (except for H&S reasons), but they are pretty, and can be quite flattering - or at least useful cover-ups.

Watch the clip of him on Have I Got News For You last night - surreal, honestly.

Likewise all that blingy scarlet and gold the cardinals are wearing.

I looked up whether his body had been embalmed as open caskets aren't a UK thing.

Why is trump sitting on his own like that? Looks like he’s ”staff”.

I presume there's no translation for the world leaders?

I'm a Catholic and I'm actually way more moved by this than I expected...

Just FYI the Pope is head of the Universal Catholic Church, which is predominantly the Latin(Roman) church but also includes the following, so you'll see these represented as well in the liturgy and in their presence

Latin Rite

1. Latin (or Roman) Catholic Church

Alexandrian Rite

1. Coptic Catholic Church
2. Eritrean Catholic Church
3. Ethiopian Catholic Church

West Syrian (or Antiochene) Rite

1. Maronite Catholic Church
2. Syriac Catholic Church
3. Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

Armenian Rite

1. Armenian Catholic Church

East Syrian (or Chaldean) Rite

1. Chaldean Catholic Church
2. Syro-Malabar Catholic Church

Constantinopolitan (or Byzantine) Rite

1. Albanian Catholic Church
2. Belarusian Catholic Church
3. Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
4. Byzantine Church of Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro (or Križevci Catholic Church)
5. Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
6. Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
7. Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
8. Macedonian Catholic Church
9. Melkite Greek Catholic Church
10. Romanian Catholic Church
11. Russian Catholic Church
12. Ruthenian Catholic Church (also known as the Byzantine Catholic Church in America)
13. Slovak Catholic Church
14. Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

There will be orders of service with translations surely?

Absolutely trump in a blue suit, especially aggravating after his attack on zelelensky for appropriate attire.