via WASHINGTON POST
Feb 20, 2016
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The
funeral of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is being held at the
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the
largest Roman Catholic church in Washington, D.C.
The Latest on the funeral Mass for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Feb 20, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the funeral Mass for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (all times local):
1:55 p.m.
Supreme
Court Justice Antonin Scalia's family is leaving the Basilica of the
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to head to a private burial
for the late jurist.
The burial site remains
undisclosed. A memorial service for Scalia has been set for March 1 at
11 a.m. at the Mayflower hotel in Washington.
Thousands of mourners attended the funeral Mass, which lasted one hour and 45 minutes.
12:00 p.m.
The Rev. Paul Scalia is remembering his father, Antonin Scalia, as a man who loved God, country and family.
Scalia's son has delivered the homily at a funeral mass for the late Supreme Court justice, who died last week. (...)
11:30 a.m.
Washington
Archbishop Donald Cardinal Wuerl has drawn chuckles when he told the
massive crowd at Justice Antonin Scalia's funeral Mass that he would
keep opening remarks brief "in keeping with your desire to have a simple
parish family Mass."
Wuerl has expressed to
Scalia's family and mourners "our heartfelt sympathy at the loss of your
husband, your father, grandfather and friend." (...)
11 a.m.
A
hearse carrying Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's casket has
arrived at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception, where a funeral Mass is set to begin.
Dignitaries
including Vice President Joe Biden, former Vice President Dick Cheney
and all eight sitting justices of the Supreme Court are attending. (...)
10:30 a.m.
The
funeral Mass Saturday for Justice Antonin Scalia is the first such
service to be held for a Supreme Court justice at the Basilica of the
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. But other
prominent funerals have been held there. (...)
10:05 a.m.
Only
one of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's nine children is expected
to speak publicly at his funeral Mass on Saturday, but others have
spoken and written about their father this week. (...)
9:26 a.m.
The Supreme Court says more than 6,000 visitors came to the court on Friday to view Antonin Scalia's casket in the Great Hall.
Court
spokeswoman Kathy Arberg says everyone who was in line as of 9 p.m. was
allowed into the building to pay their respects to the late justice. (...)
7:10 a.m.
Thousands
of people are expected to attend Saturday's funeral Mass in Washington
for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
The
Mass is being held at the nation's largest Roman Catholic church - the
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. It can
hold at least 3,500 people.
Among those expected to attend is Vice President Joe Biden.
President
Barack Obama paid tribute to Scalia at the Supreme Court on Friday.
Scalia's flag-draped casket rested on a funeral bier first used after
President Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
One of Scalia's nine children, the Rev. Paul Scalia, is set to lead the Mass.
Burial plans have not been announced for Antonin Scalia, who died last weekend at a remote Texas ranch. (...)
NYT
WASHINGTON — Should an autopsy have been performed on the body of Justice Antonin Scalia?
When a Texas justice of the peace certified that the 79-year-old Supreme Court
justice had died from natural causes, questions immediately erupted. No
autopsy had been performed, and the certification had been made without
even an examination of the body. The unexpected death of a divisive
public figure during an acerbic presidential campaign set off conspiracy
theories and demands from political commentators that a pathologist
perform an autopsy before Justice Scalia’s burial on Saturday to prove
no foul play was involved.
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