THE PERIOD OF MOURNING FOR POPE JOHN PAUL II ENTERED ITS THIRD DAY SUNDAY.
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE ANCIENT ORDER ON PAPAL BURIALS, MASS IS BEING HELD HERE IN ST
PETER’S ON THE EVENING OF EACH OF THE NINE DAYS OF MOURNING, KNOWN AS NOVENDIALI. THE
PERIOD SEPARATES THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE PONTIFF AND THE OPENING OF THE CONCLAVE TO
ELECT A SUCCESSOR. SUNDAY EVENING’S EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION WAS HELD BY THE DIOCESE
OF ROME. THE LITURGY WAS PRESIDED OVER BYCARDINAL CAMILLIO RIUINIVICAR TO
THE CHURCH OF ROME. EMER MCCARTHY HAS MORE