and healthy new years eve. we are continuing to follow the breaking news out of the vatican. pope benedict the 16th has died at the age of 95. the vatican says the retired pope passed away early this morning. his funeral will be held on january 5th in st. peters square. presided over by pope francis. that is the man who became leader of the catholic church after benedict resigned from the role in 2013. msnbc looks back on his life and legacy. it was a resignation that shocked the catholic church. pope benedict, less than eight years after his election, he became the first pope and seven centuries to voluntarily retire. he said that he lacked the strength of mind and body to do the job. he felt like he was being prevented from being the pope in a way that he felt the pope should be present for the people of god. he was born joseph rat singer in wartime germany. in the deeply catholic weijia bavaria. he and his brother george people became priests. both eventually landed
his body, the former police body will lie and stayed inside of st. peters s basilica on monday morning. it will be open to the public. as you mentioned, his funeral be on thursday in st. peters square. presided over by pope lancet 9:30 in the morning. molly, you ve given us a little bit of lay out here of what we can expect in terms the procession. we will see you in the next week or so. what is next for the vatican? right, this is all unprecedented. we have to understand and assume that benedict had a hand in planning not only his retirement, but he also chose his title and where he was gonna live. i he also would ve had an input and how the funeral would ve gone, and how the burial would ve gone. i spoke with a correspondent, kris white. i wanted a little bit of context about what this moment means. take a listen. this will be unlike anything that the church has witnessed. this is a moment not like past funerals. he had been retired for almost
it was a really nice moment. it was just the two of us, and i think i managed to catch her by surprise. is a matter of fact, i could barely let you finish proposing. can i say yes, now? the couple showed off her engagement ring, which prince harry designed. the little diamonds are from my mother s jewelry collection, to make sure she is with us on this crazy journey together. in may 2018, they got married inside of st. george s chapel in windsor castle. among those in attendance, david n victoria beckham, george and amal clooney, and serena williams. thousands more lined the streets. as meghan revealed to oprah, the two had been married days earlier in a private ceremony.
killed since just january 1st. brian will kick things off outside st. patrick s cathedral. is the public allowed inside? griff and sandra, yes, the general public is allowed inside of st. patrick s cathedral to pay their respects to officer jason rivera. they are allowed in up to 8:00 p.m. tonight. they are encouraged, actually, to come here to show really a sign of unity for the city of new york, a procession of nypd vehicles led the hearse carrying the body of jason rivera from the bronx to the cathedral. along the way, firefighters stopped, got out of their truck on the highway to salute rivera, bagpipes played as some 200 nypd officers saluted rivera s nypd [bagpipes playing]
flowers that went into her bouquet that she carried down the aisle. and, of course, this is the procession and, shepard, the windsor gray horses that carry that beautiful carriage throughout the town of windsor which something you cannot hear while you are watching inside of st. george s chapel inside of that ceremony is there are big screens throughout windsor park here where have you got tens of thousands of people gathered to watch. and the cheering behind us was really something. and when they pronounced them husband and wife, the crowd went wild. ainsley: it s a true cinderella story, isn t it? when you know about her background and half-brother and what he said to harry and the half sister writing the book about her being a pushy princess. and her father with the paparazzi pictures. i think everyone is happy for her. this is about love. they are truly in love. and she is a divorcee and the queen giving her blessing because three of her four children ended up getting divorced. i t