this morning, a day after the death of his predecessor, benedict xvi. preparations are under way for his funeral on thursday, which the vatican says will be simple, solemn and sober. the body of pope benedict will be brought to st peter s basilica tomorrow so that the public can pay their respects. 0ur religion editor aleem maqbool sent us this update on what to expect from the vatican this week. we will see a sitting pope presiding over the funeral of his predecessor, highly unusual but lots about this week that is unusual. loss of the ceremony already took place when pope benedict xvi stood down, like the breaking of the ring he wore as pope. we know from monday, pope benedict xvi will lie in stay for three days. we are expecting up to file past on those days and then on thursday, tens of thousands of people from around the world will
to get more and more extreme responses, and, again, here is why i am just surprised that china is willing to countenance this increasing anxiety in south korea and japan by not doing more to help us on north korea, but if they won t, here we are. robert kelly. president biden is among world leaders who have paid tribute to pope benedict xvi who has died at the age of 95. the former pontiff will lie in state at st peter s basilica in the vatican from monday. his funeral will take place on thursday. 0ur religion editor aleem maqbool looks back now at his life. cerebral by character, benedict was a prolific author and more at home with scholarship than pastoral work. he led the world s catholics for eight years and then abruptly resigned the first pope to do so in 600 years. bell tolls. the passing of the man considered by hundreds of millions around the world to represent a direct link to jesus was announced by his successor.
korea in recent days. mr kim is also reported to have said that his country s new rocket launchers are capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons, with all of south korea in range. north korea is banned from developing long range missiles and nuclear weapons by the international community. there hasn t yet been any response to these new claims. we ll bring that to you as soon as we have it. president biden is among world leaders who have paid tribute to pope benedict xvi, who has died at the age of 95. the former pontiff will lie in state at st peter s basilica in the vatican from monday. his funeral will take place on thursday. 0ur religion editor aleem maqbool looks back now at his life. cerebral by character, benedict was a prolific author, and more at home with scholarship than pastoral work. he led the world s catholics for eight years and then abruptly resigned, the first
and of the church. we saw recently, on the television, his images and all of the activities and life of pope benedict. 0ur religion editor aleem maqbool is at the vatican. we heard from pope francis a couple of times today, first at a mass for peace that was held in st peter s he talked about entrusting our beloved pope emeritus benedict xvi, to the holy mother, to accompany him from this world to god. and then later, pope francis appeared at a balcony here at the vatican for what is his regular sunday lunchtime homily, where he started this week by asking people to join together, as you rightly say, to pray for the man he called a faithful servant to the gospel and to the church. extraordinary scenes, though. we saw thousands of people pour into the square from every side.
through the night, too, torching cars and hurling fireworks to police, who responded with tear gas to try to disperse the crowds. meanwhile, some companies said they would pause sales while camacho remained injail. the mood in santa cruz is tense. the unrest in bolivia s capital has the potential to cause disruption across the country. russell trott, bbc news. president biden is among world leaders who have paid tribute to pope benedict xvi, who has died at the age of 95. the former pontiff will lie in state at st peter s basilica in the vatican from monday. his funeral will take place on thursday. 0ur religion editor aleem maqbool looks back now at his life. cerebral by character, benedict was a prolific author and more at home with scholarship than pastoral work. he led the world s catholics for eight years and then abruptly resigned the first pope to do so in 600 years.