Some rites will be private while other forms of tradition-laden ceremony will take place in St. Peter’s Square before tens of thousands of people. FOX13
Pope Benedict XVI held one of the world's highest-profile positions but in his final years expressed a desire to be "hidden to the world." While his body had been on display this week for three days, his funeral Thursday will at least in part respect his wishes for simplicity but also feature some of the pomp reserved for a leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
Before the cover is placed atop the coffin, objects identified with Benedict's nearly eight-year-long papacy will be placed inside, the Vatican said. They include medallions and Vatican coins bearing his image that were minted during his papacy and circulated in euro dominations. At the funeral’s conclusion, Benedict coffin returns to the basilica and is brought down to the grottoes under the main floor. There, near the underground crypt where he chose as his final resting place, the cypress coffin will be placed inside one made of zinc. That coffin in turn will be placed inside a third one, made of oak.
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