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March 26, 2015

Richard III, Catholic king of England, reburied at Leicester Cathedral

Guards surround the coffin of King Richard III as his remains lie in repose at Leicester Cathedral during the public viewing of his coffin in Leicester, England, March 23.

MANCHESTER, England - One of England's last Catholic kings was reburied three years after his skeleton was discovered in a coffin beneath a parking lot.

Published in International
March 25, 2015

Catholics and Anglicans prepare ecumenical burial fit for a king

During the reinterment ceremony of King Richard III, the coffin goes around the center of Leicester. Here, the funeral procession goes past the Clocktower.

CANTERBURY, England - Tens of thousands of people in Leicester — England’s most religiously diverse city — are getting ready to honour the memory of a long-despised English king with a ceremony that testifies to the already warm relationship between the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church.

Published in International