Obama honours Kennedy at funeral Mass
Leaders and luminaries paid final tribute today to Edward M Kennedy, mourning the loss of a senator who made an indelible impact on US life over 47 years in Congress and of a man who held up America’s most famous family through tragedy and triumph.
President Barack Obama was delivering the eulogy to cap a two-hour Roman Catholic funeral Mass for Mr Kennedy. The service drew three former presidents, dozens of Kennedy relatives, pews full of current and former members of Congress and hundreds of others affected by Mr Kennedy in ways large and small to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in a steady rain.
