we now move to the prayer of the faithful. translator: brothers and sisters, let us pray to god our father for his forgiveness and rebirth to the living hope for the resurrection of jesus to the dead. the response is let us pray to the lord. translator: we pray in german. the pope emeritus benedict who has fallen asleep in the lord, may the eternal shepherd receive him into his kingdom of light and peace. translator: we pray in french. for our holy father pope francis and for all the pastors of the church, may they proclaim fearlessly in word and deed ch christ s victory over evil and death. 6 translator: we pray in arabic. for our leaders of nations and international organizations, may they strive to promote justice and peace with wisdom and foresight. translator: we pray in portuguese. for our brothers and sisters in need, may god s love open our hearts to compassion and concern for the poor and for the least of our brothers and sisters. tran
theme of benedict s papacy and now francis s papacy. he spoke about the pastor and that is ultimately the job of the pope, to be the chief pastor. i think that jopope emeritus benedict xvi s legacy is as a teacher. i m not a fan of cannonizing popes, right away, a saint right away as people were saying during the funeral of john paul ii, i do think eventually some consideration should be given to declaring him a doctor of the church. there are only 37 doctors of the church, four of them women, raised up and being pointed out as being particularly clear and strong in their explanation and communication of the elements of