The funeral of Pope Benedict XVI is an extraordinary coda to a unique period in the history of the Catholic Church: the cohabitation of a sitting pope and his predecessor in the Vatican
Benedict XVI began Thursday morning with Pope Francis presidingThe event is an extraordinary coda to a unique period in the history of the Catholic Church: the cohabitation of a sitting pope and his predecessor in the Vatican.
Thursday is the first time that a pope has presided over the funeral of his predecessor in the Vatican, according to the Rev. Roberto Regoli, a professor of history at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University. The closest precedent was in 1802, when Pope Pius VII attended the delayed funeral of his predecessor Pope Pius VI, who had died in exile in France in 1799.
This week has been an odd mix of the momentous and the ordinary at the Vatican, reflecting the ambiguous status of, who spent his last decade wearing papal white and addressed as His Holiness but no longer leading the Catholic Church. Vatican offices were open on Thursday, though employees were allowed to attend the funeral Mass if their absence didn’t interfere with essential work. The Sistine Chapel is closed to visitors all day, but the rest of the Vatican Museums and the Vatican pharmacy will open in the afternoon.
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