Donald Trump will be seated far from Volodymyr Zelensky, Prince William is further back than Governor-General Sam Mostyn and Queen Mary of Denmark will be in the front row at Pope Francis’s funeral.
Australia’s Cardinal Mykola Bychok was 20 minutes into a flight from Melbourne to Jerusalem on Easter Monday when he found out, to his shock, that Pope Francis had died.
Archbishop of Perth Timothy Costelloe says the Catholic church under a new pope will never be able to move on from the child abuse scandal and there is a sense of emptiness in the Vatican.
Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the arch nemesis of Cardinal George Pell, says ‘there was no explicit will to exclude me’ and has pointed to his participation in the Consistory last year as evidence he retains his Cardinal rights.
Australia’s ambassador to the Holy See, Keith Pitt, has warned visitors thinking of arriving for Pope Francis’ funeral and the conclave which elects the new Pope, that the inn is full.
Tens of thousands of mourners lined up to pay their respects to the Argentine pontiff at the start of three days of public viewing ahead of his funeral on Saturday, following a solemn procession to transfer his coffin to the basilica.
Amid the sadness and respectful reverie, it’s true that most can’t believe their luck being here. They are in Rome and in the Vatican City at the time of a significant change in the Catholic Church’s 2000-year history.
Tens of thousands of mourners are lining up to pay their respects to the Argentine pontiff at the start of three days of public viewing ahead of his funeral on Saturday, following a solemn procession to transfer his coffin to the basilica.
The diplomatic backlash comes as Australia’s Father Joseph Hamilton says Francis’ great testament was the message that ‘in a throwaway society, elderly people have value’.
Thousands of pilgrims have begun converging on the Vatican City to remember Pope Francis, with world leaders rearranging itineraries to attend his funeral on Saturday.
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