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Pope Francis led the funeral of his predecessor Benedict XVI on Thursday in front of tens of thousands of mourners in St Peter's Square, an event unprecedented in modern times.

Red-clad cardinals, dignitaries and thousands of priests and nuns from around the world gathered to say goodbye to the German theologian, who stunned the Catholic church in 2013 by becoming the first pontiff in six centuries to resign.

For the first time in modern history, the proceedings were led by a sitting pope, Francis, who delivered the homily in Italian as part of a multi-lingual service with a Latin mass.

"Benedict... may your joy be complete as you hear his (God's) voice, now and forever!" the pontiff said in tribute to his predecessor, who died last Saturday aged 95.

At the end of the service, Francis made the sign of the cross over Benedict's simple cypress wood coffin and bowed his head, before 12 besuited pallbearers carried it into St Peter's Basilica.

Benedict will be interred in a tomb in the crypt beneath the basilica, where John Paul II's body lay in state before it was moved for his beatification in 2011. He was made a saint in 2014.

Born Joseph Ratzinger, the ex-pope had not been a head of state for a decade, but world leaders including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni were among those in attendance.

An estimated 50,000 people were in the square for the funeral, according to police, many of them having queued up since dawn to bid farewell.

"Benedict is a bit like my father, so I had to pay homage to him," said Cristina Grisanti, a 59-year-old from Milan, who hailed the former pope's "purity, his candour, his mildness".

An estimated 195,000 people had already paid their respects earlier when the body lay in State.

Benedict was the first German pope in 1,000 years and church bells rang out across Germany as the funeral finished on Thursday, while many Germans were also at the Vatican.

"We owe him so much. We want to show that we stand behind him," said Benedikt Rothweiler, 34, who came from Aachen with his family.

"We actually know too little about Benedict. He always accepted everything the way God wants it. This is a good example for us humans."

Two Popes:

Benedict was a brilliant theologian but a divisive figure who alienated many Catholics with his staunch defence of conservative doctrine on issues such as abortion.

His eight years as head of the worldwide Catholic Church was also marked by crises, from in-fighting within the Vatican to the global scandal of clerical sex abuse and its cover-up.

When he quit, Benedict said he no longer had the "strength of mind and body" necessary for the task, retiring to a quiet life in a monastery in the Vatican gardens.

His death brought an end to an unprecedented situation of having two "men in white" -- he and Francis -- living in the tiny city state.

He and Francis, an Argentine Jesuit, were said to get on well, but Benedict's later interventions meant he stayed a standard-bearer for conservative Catholics who did not like his successor's more liberal stance.

The last time a pope presided over the funeral of his predecessor was in 1802, when Pius VII led the ceremony for Pius VI -- but the circumstances were very different.

Pius VI died in 1799 in exile, a prisoner of France, and was buried in Valence. His successor had his remains exhumed and brought back to Italy, before he was treated to a papal funeral at St Peter's.

European Royals:

Beyond St Peter's, many of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics had been expected to follow the funeral proceedings on television and the radio.

In the majority Catholic Philippines, churches held requiem masses for the former pontiff, including at Malolos Cathedral near the capital Manila.

"This is an unexplainable feeling to witness this," said Cherry Castro, 67, who was among around 500 gathered for the special ceremony.

Portugal declared a national day of mourning on Thursday, while in Italy, flags were flown at half-mast on public buildings.

The only official delegations were from Germany and Italy.

But other dignitaries, including Belgian and Spanish royals, the presidents of Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Hungary, Slovenia and Togo, and the premiers of the Czech Republic, Gabon and Slovakia among others attended in a personal capacity.

The service followed traditional papal funerals, with a few changes to prayers and readings to reflect Benedict's status as emeritus pope.

Before being laid in the crypt, his cypress coffin was due to be placed first inside a zinc coffin, then a wooden case.

As is traditional, coins and medals minted during his papacy and a written text describing his pontificate, sealed in a metal cylinder, will be placed alongside his body.

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.france24.com/en/europe/20230105-thousands-gather-for-pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi-s-funeral

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Every Soul Shall Taste Death

Great man. RIP

May his soul continue to rest in peace

Rest well pontiff.

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You will understand why they said " Satan lives in Vatican city '

How does Satan look like?

All this baby Christians wey dey feel like they know anything...

Swallowing the media image of Satan with horns and all... Oga Satan is the angel of Light.

May his soul Rest In Peace

The Catholic

It's a Church, a tradition engraved in art and deeds.
A place you see the Holy spirit in action through the solemn chants from angelic voices.

I don't know if I'm the only person who loves these artworks that's always criticised by protestants. Art is symbolic in the Catholic Church and I like them.

That's why I enjoy Dan Brown's novels.
Rest well Benedict. Imagine me raiding this tomb..

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You can get Dan Brown's novels in any big bookshop around you. I assure you, you will enjoy it from the very first page till the last full-stop. Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demon are some of the best books I have ever read in my life.

Holy Mother Church pray for us Amen!

Pope Benedict Rest in the bossom of Christ Jesus Amen!

If truly the popes were always involve in one of the greatest society on the world, and if truly their religious practice is according to the old testament which requires rituals (human) and other strong diabolical measure according to the some spiritual books which is excluded from the complete Bible like seven books OF Moses, the power of the SUN and.... Make I stop from here

Why am. I saying this self..

Rest in peace bro/dad/Pa

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R.I.P Benedict xvi

Why is the casket being soldered?
Maybe they are burying him with valuables.

Catholic ehn.

With their secret secrecy.