The Vatican is allowing the public to visit the new tomb of Pope Benedict XVI under St. Peter's Basilica.
The public can now visit the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI in the grottoes under St. Peter’s Basilica.
On Thursday, his longtime secretary, Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, imparted a final blessing after Benedict's body, contained inside three coffins — the cypress one displayed in the square during the funeral presided over byThe remains were placed in the former tomb of Benedict's predecessor, St. John Paul II. John Paul's remains were moved up to a chapel on the main floor of the basilica following his 2011 beatification.
The name of Benedict, the Catholic church's 265th pontiff, was engraved on a white marble slab, the Vatican said. On Sunday morning, Francis was leading a ceremony for the baptism of 13 babies in the Sistine Chapel. The chapel, frescoed by Michelangelo, is the traditional setting for the baptisms, an event which closes out the Vatican's year-end ceremonies.
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