Hundreds of memory in Vienna St. Stephen’s Cathedral – Diepresse.com
Church bells rang all over Austria at 5 p.m. for ten minutes. In Vienna there will be a large requiem with bishops and the top of the state within nine days. The archdiocese has opened an online condolence book.
Hundreds of people jointly commemorated the late Papst of Francis at a dead mass in Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral. The Vatican flag was hung on the cathedral with a mourning floral, and the other churches and church buildings in the country were also carried out, according to the chairman of the Bishops’ Conference, Salzburg’s archbishop Franz Lacknerblack flagged. Already at 5 p.m., the church bells had rushed throughout Austria as a sign of grief for ten minutes.
Mourning fairs were held nationwide around the bell ringing, prayers or devotions took place. In St. Stephen’s Cathedral, the sermon at the so -called little requiem kept the recently emeritated Archbishop of Vienna, cardinal Christoph Schönbornnext to a large picture of the smiling Francis with a black band. Schönborn reminded of full church benches in the approximately one and a half hour trade fair for its commitment to the arms, refugees and those who have come to the brim of society – also on their own guilt.
« Todos, todos, todos »
On Maundy Thursday, Francis visited a prison in Rome despite his battered health, because his message was that all people were loved by God. « Todos, todos, todos. » That is also the reason why Francis first visit when Pope led him to Lampedusa. « He reminded us that we are all human children, » said Schönborn, even if Francis brought the accusation to be naive in dealing with refugees. Schönborn also emphasized the time of Francis’ death, who like Pope John Paul II died in Easter. It was a touching moment when he could hardly raise his arms on Easter Sunday, when he could hardly raise his arms, at least the gesture of the blessing. « Both died into Easter secret », that is « a strong message ».
According to Kathpress, a large requiem will take place within nine days at the invitation of Lackner, to which all bishops and parts of the top of the state are expected. The exact date for this is not yet clear. Shortly after confirmation of the Pope death, the Pummerin ringed in St. Stephen’s Cathedral shortly after 10 a.m.
Online condolence book
The Archdiocese of Vienna Meanwhile, a digital condolence book has set up on your website. Under Erzdioezese-wien.at If you can enter personal words of farewell and memory there, the KathPress news agency informed.
