Dominican Paweł Gurzyński and priest Kazimierz Sowa in “Facts after facts”

There was a huge simplicity of the message, ritual in all this – said Paweł Gużyński in “Facts after Facts”, commenting on the Saturday funeral ceremony of Pope Francis. In turn, Father Kazimierz Sowa said that it is important not only who took part in them, but also who was not there.

A funeral ceremony took place on Saturday Pope Francis. About 250,000 people gathered at Mass in Saint Peter's Square, 160 delegations from dozens of countries came to Rome. At least 150,000 people gathered on the streets of the Italian capital on the route of a funeral conduct.

The guests of the program: Dominican Paweł Gużyński and priest Kazimierz Sowa talked about what the funeral of Pope Francis looked like in “Facts after Facts”.

“(Funeral) looked modest, as Pope Francis wished,” said Gużyński, emphasizing that he reviewed the history of Ordo Exsequiaraum, i.e. the funeral ritual of the Pope.

He said that “he reached for the times of John XXIII, who was buried as the head of state, with all the various, the strangest habits.” – Today, fortunately, there was a huge simplicity of the message, ritual, everything was like Pope Francis – emphasized the guest of “Facts after Facts”.

Owl: basic papal messages have been preserved

Father Kazimierz Sowa, asked if “we can think that Pope Francis imagined his funeral,” he answered. – It seems to me that a basic papal message has been preserved.

According to Father Sowa, the funeral ceremony was characterized by modesty and the fact that the burial ceremony had a personal, not a media character.

– I agree that for the average recipient it was a manifestation of the departure of a very important person, a spiritual religious leader, but also leaders in the political world – said Sowa.

Kazimierz Sowa mentioned that it was of great importance to who appeared at funeral ceremonies (mentioning, among others, the president France Emmanuel Macron). – It is also of great importance who was not. There was no one from the Chinese delegation, even at the level of the ambassador's representation – said the guest of “Facts after Facts”.

Funeral ceremonies of Pope Francis