As a sign of mourning over Pope Francis’s death, bells will ring throughout Austria on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. to coincide with the start of the funeral celebrations for the head of the Church in the Vatican. This was announced by the Secretary General of the Bishops’ Conference, Peter Schipka, to the Kathpress news agency on Thursday. Austria’s largest bell, the Pummerin at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, will ring for ten minutes.Since the Pope’s death, St. Stephen’s Cathedral, like other churches in the country, has been draped in black…
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