The government agrees to the national mourning of the Pope and does not participate in the Parties April 25 Pope Francis
He emphasizes: Portugal will agree between Thursday, 24 and Saturday, 26, three days of national mourning in honor Pope FranciscoIn conjunction with the funeral ceremony that will be held on Saturday in the Vatican, the Prime Minister has already expected. The decision was approved on Wednesday to the Council of Ministers.
“Pope Francis was an extraordinary Pope, a wonderful religious leader,” said President Antonio Litto Amaro.
The minister justified the decision as a “way with the previous mourning” that was issued by death, for example, from Pope John Paul II. He argued that Pope Francis “had a special relationship” with Portugal and “represents a lot of Portuguese” in the two visits. The first on the occasion of the centenary of Fatima’s appearances in 2017 and recently, in the summer of 2023, in the days of the world’s youth, which “was very impressive for the entire country.”
In response to a question about the government’s participation in memorial activities on April 25, as the National Mourning Law imposes restrictions on celebrations, such as the use of flag in half a bar and reserves on the celebrations, the minister said that the government will attend the official ceremony, on Friday. However, there will be no members of the government to participate in events throughout the country as is the case often.
“We, members of the government, abstained from us and abolished them in the events of the festive agenda as the assumptions and celebrations in which we have confirmed our existence. We have contacted organization entities, and we are communicating, and I guarantee that all of this has done so until now, we will not participate in these events during this period, a period of competition and distortion.”
“On our part, our government and our rulers, we added the festive moments regarding April 25; we did not cancel them, we added to a later date.” For example, last year, Luís MonteneGro followed António Costa to open the official residence of public visits on April 25 and had lunch with a group of 50 young people.
