Rouen Cathedral welcomes early Tuesday afternoon the funeral of Father Jacques Hamel, just a week after his murder by two jihadists in a church of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, an industrial city of the Rouen city.
in strict security conditions, and place in a very studied and highly charged symbols, the ceremony is to take place from 2 p.m. in the presence of the Minister of the Interior and Religious Affairs Bernard Cazeneuve, local and regional authorities.
the Mass will be celebrated by the archbishop of Rouen Dominique Lebrun, surrounded by Georges Pontier, archbishop of Marseille and President of the conference of bishops of France, and Jean -Charles Décubes, former archbishop of Rouen who retired.
the coming of President Francois Hollande seemed not expected in the Norman city.
However, the head of state received Monday evening the Communist mayor of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Hubert Wulfranc at the Elysee.
More than 2,000 people inside the cathedral, and hundreds in outside are expected. A giant screen will be installed on the front of the cathedral for those who have not been able to enter.
The population will enter the cathedral from 24:30 after thorough searches of the police.
seats will be reserved for the parish of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, youth returning from world youth Day (WYD) in Krakow and “representatives of other religions,” the diocese of Rouen said .
the coffin will be placed on the floor, covered with a white alb and stole
-. “a death like that of Christ” –
another stole will be on a big cross “as a reminder that the father died Hamel is similar to that of Christ, unjustly condemned and put to death,” says the diocese.
at ‘after the ceremony, the priest will be buried “in strict family intimacy” in a secret location. It will not be Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray.
Hamel father, discreet priest during his long priesthood sixties, was murdered at the age of 85 years so that he celebrated a morning Mass for five faithful, three nuns and a couple of octogenarians which man was seriously wounded in the throat and chest but should nevertheless be able to attend the ceremony.
death the priest, given with cold blood at knifepoint by two jihadists 19 years claiming the organization Islamic State (EI), Adel Kermiche, Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, and Abdel Malik Petitjean, a native of Aix-les-Bains (Savoy), caused an international stir.
in response, touching scenes of fraternization took place throughout Sunday in France at masses which Muslims were invited.
the most significant of these masses took place precisely in the Rouen Cathedral, attended by some 2,000 faithful, one hundred Muslims.
the attack in Saint-Etienne -du-Rouvray is the latest in a long series that befell France for a year and a half. He was committed twelve days after the massacre of Nice (84 dead) committed by a jihadist driving a truck barreling on crowds on the Promenade des Anglais, at the end of the fireworks of July 14.
both assassins were killed by police, right after the murder, when they came out of the church.
they each had tried to go to Syria to join the men EI. Unsuccessful, they had contacted a few days before the attack via the encrypted messaging Telegram.
Investigators seek to establish complicity.
Three men already have was indicted and imprisoned. The last Sunday is Farid K., 30, a cousin of Abdel Malik Petitjean, for “criminal association in relation with a criminal terrorist enterprise,” the terrorism prosecutor of Paris.
02 / 08/2016 10:07:06 – Rouen (AFP) – AFP © 2016
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