Catholic Church holds requiem for ex-Pope Benedict XVI
Former German archdiocese of Munich and Freising has planned to bid farewell to the late ex-Pope Benedict XVI with a requiem on Tuesday evening.
As Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, he was the archbishop of Munich and Freising from 1977 to 1982.
The incumbent, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, is expected to celebrate the mass for his predecessor in Munich’s Cathedral of Our Lady, or Liebfrauendom.
According to diocesan information, a memorial site was also set up where people could commemorate the late pope emeritus.
Such places also existed in Freising’s St Mary’s Cathedral and in the parish church of St Oswald in Traunstein, where Ratzinger celebrated his first mass after his ordination in 1951.
Mr Benedict is lying in state in St Peter’s Basilica in Rome after his death on New Year’s eve.
Funeral masses are planned in several German dioceses.
His funeral service would take place in St Peter’s Square on Thursday morning, followed by the burial in the basilica.
(dpa/ NAN)
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