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The coffin of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is carried into St. Peter's Square prior to his funeral Mass on Jan. 5, 2023. / Daniel Ibañez/CNAVatican City, Jan 5, 2023 / 03:21 am (CNA).Tens of thousands of people were present in St. Peter s Square for the funeral Thursday of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a leading theologian of the 20th century and the first pope to resign from office in nearly 600 years.Royalty, cardinals, patriarchs, government officials, and many Catholic families and religious attended the funeral on a cold and foggy morning at the Vatican. More than 3,700 priests concelebrated the Mass. Cardinals Joseph Zen, Daniel DiNardo, Timothy Dolan, Gianfranco Ravasi, and Giuseppe Betori, all cardinals created by Benedict, were seated in the front row. The Vatican said 125 cardinals concelebrated.The ceremony began with the transport of the pope emeritus wooden coffin from the basilica to St. Peter s Square. Archbishop Georg Gänswein, Benedict s personal secretary, a.

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