Dozens of relatives of the deceased and numerous authorities in several countries filled the temple of modernist architect Antoni Gaudí for this solemn ceremony conducted one month after the plane crashed in the French Alps as route between Barcelona and Düsselforf.
“The violent and sudden death of our dear brothers could paralyze life as those who love them very much,” said the Archbishop of Barcelona, Lluís Martínez Sistach, encouraging family members have “courage to live.”
Shortly after 1600 GMT, while drizzling in the Mediterranean city, the kings of Spain took their seats to the left of the altar and began the funeral ceremony, officiated according to Catholic liturgy.
As the choir sang a religious song in five languages, students from a school in the nearby town of Llinars del Vallès, where they made an exchange 16 German teenagers died, deposited on the altar steps 150 white candles, one for each victim of the tragedy that shocked Europe.
Since first row following the event numerous authorities as the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and members of his executive chairmen of the House and Senate The regional president of Catalonia Artur Mas and the Mayor of Barcelona.
The head of the German Federal Foreign Office, Peter Altmaier, represented Berlin while on the part of France, where the plane crashed, went Secretary of State for European Affairs, Harlem Desir.
President and CEO of Lufthansa, Carsten Spohr, and the CEO of Germanwings, Thomas Winkelmann, attended the event as well as members of teams participated in the rescue and psychological support.
mourning dresses mostly, about 50 Spanish families of the victims attended. Another fifty relatives came from Germany, which last week paid tribute with an ecumenical mass in the cathedral of Cologne (west).
Although calm during much of the ceremony, many families could not avoid tears at the end of the emotional ceremony while receiving the condolences of the Kings and the authorities.
The Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona also wanted to pay homage to the interpretation of a song after death in the plane Oleg Bryjak singers and Maria Radner who had just act on stage.
Religious Controversy
The days before the ceremony was marred by the controversial for choosing a Catholic religious ceremony.
“This funeral can be (…) the inability of the Catholic leadership of serving a society that wants to express your feelings without having to identify with any religious denomination “, the plural Church Association, which calls modernize the Catholic Church said in a statement.
The archbishop, who organized the ceremony, was defended by noting that at the end of the act taken by the representatives of Muslim, Jewish and Protestant religions.
The Jewish representative, Jorge Burdman, one of the most emotional moments, encouraged attendees to create a world “of love, justice and solidarity” while he was breaking voice emotion.
On March 24, an Airbus A320 of the company Germanwings from Barcelona in the direction of Dusseldorf crashed in the French Alps, leaving 150 dead, including 72 Germans and 50 Spaniards.
Early research suggests that the co-pilot of the ship, Andreas Lubitz, with psychiatric problems, have crashed on purpose.
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