Cardinal Mahony to play role in papal burial rites

The 89-year-old is due to attend the closing of the pope’s coffin and burial.

Cardinal Roger Mahony, the retired archbishop of Los Angeles, will be a controversial participant in Friday’s ceremony to close Pope Francis’ coffin, and Saturday’s papal burial.

Cardinal Roger Mahony, pictured at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in Los Angeles, California, in 2010. Prayitno / Thank you for (12 millions +) via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0).

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