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Pope Francis pays tribute to predecessor Benedict XVI in funeral mass
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Tens of thousands of mourners have turned up to pay their last respects to former Pope Benedict XVI, who died on December 31, 2022, at the age of 95. Pope Francis presided over his funeral ceremony in St Peter’s Square in Vatican City on January 5, 2023, becoming the first pope to preside over a requiem…
Pope Francis says predecessor Benedict is very ill – BBC News
Pope Francis has said former Pope Benedict XVI is very ill and he has asked pilgrims at the Vatican to pray for him. Benedict, 95, became the first leader of the Catholic Church to stand down in 600 years in 2013, citing advanced age. At the end of the Pope’s final audience of the year, he asked people to “pray a special prayer for Pope…