Thousands of people lined up across St. Peter’s Square hours before dawn on Monday to pay their respects to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died on Saturday at age 95.
Monsignor Kevin Irwin, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, joined LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow to discuss the legacy of Pope Benedict XVI. The retired pope passed away Saturday at the age of 95.body, his head resting on a pair of crimson pillows, lay in state in St. Peter's Basilica on Monday as thousands of people filed by to pay tribute to the pontiff who shocked the world by retiring a decade ago.
Before the rank-and-file faithful were allowed into the basilica, prayers were intoned and a small cloud of incense was released near the body, its hands clasped on its chest. "I wanted to pay homage to Benedict because he had a key role in my life and my education. I arrived here at around 7:30, after leaving Venice last night," Tuccio said.
Public viewing lasts for 10 hours on Monday in St. Peter’s Basilica. Twelve hours of viewing are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday before Thursday morning’s funeral, which will be led by Pope Francis, at St. Peter’s Square.At two sides of the piazza's colonnade, viewers went through the usual security measures required for tourists entering the basilica — passing through metal detectors and screening bags through an X-ray machine.
While venturing that the shy, bookworm German churchman and theologian and the current Argentine-born pontiff had different temperaments, "I believe there’s a continuity between him and Pope Francis and whoever understands the real relationship between them and Christ can see that," Ferrante said. He came to the Vatican to pray for Benedict when he was ailing, "so I wanted to be here today to say goodbye. I think he and Francis were close, they cared for each other," he said.
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