singing. they gathered at a mass for peace, at st peter s basilica. this traditional start to the catholic new year was, of course, overshadowed by the passing of benedict xvi. his successor talked of now entrusting the pope emeritus to the holy mother for his journey to god. later, it was many thousands that poured into st peter s square to see pope francis appear at a balcony and to hear a prayerfor his predecessor. translation: let us all join i together with one heart and one soul, in thanking god for this faithful servant, of the gospel and the church. the legacy of pope benedict for some people is complicated by the way he s viewed to have handled abuse scandals, particularly while he was archbishop of munich.
later, it was many thousands that poured into st peter s square to see pope francis appear at a balcony and to hear a prayerfor his predecessor. translation: let us all join i together with one heart and one soul, in thanking god for this faithful servant, of the gospel and the church. the legacy of pope benedict for some people is complicated by the way he s viewed to have handled abuse scandals, particularly while he was archbishop of munich. how do you look back at that now? 0n the one hand, we can say that also pope benedict, just as archbishop of munich, he was not so strong in this, but on the other hand, we must say also as pope, during all his pastoral visits, one meeting was dedicated to persons who suffered by the church, also by sexual abuses.
at a mass for peace at st peter s basilica. this traditional start to the catholic new year was, of course, overshadowed by the passing of benedict xvi. his successor talked of now entrusting the pope emeritus to the holy mother for his journey to god. later, it was many thousands that poured into st peter s square to see pope francis appear at a balcony and to hear a prayerfor his predecessor. translation: let us all join i together with one heart and one soul, in thanking god for this faithful servant, of the gospel and the church. the legacy of pope benedict for some people is complicated by the way he s viewed to have handled abuse scandals, particularly while he was archbishop of munich. how do you look back at that now?
from monday the body of the former pontiff, will lie in state before his funeral on thursday. here s our religion editor, aleem maqbool. they gathered at a mass for peace, at st peter s basilica. this traditional start to the catholic new year was of course overshadow odd, by the passing of benedict xvi. hiss successor talked of entrusting the pope to the holy mother for his journey to god. later, it was many thousands that poured into st peter s square to see pope francis appear at a balcony and hear a prayerfor his predecessor. translation: let hear a prayer for his predecessor. translation: translation: let us all oin toaether translation: let us all oin together with i translation: let us all oin together with one i translation: let us all oin together with one hard h translation: let us alljoin together with one hard and l translation: let us all join l together with one hard and one translation: let us all join - together with one hard and one soul. in thanking good for this
to know if it becomes more serious. the vatican has posted on their vatican news channels a prayerfor the pope emeritus, following pope francis s appeal, obviously, for benedict. why do we call him pope emeritus? well, because he resigned, at the time of that, that is kind of what people started to call him in the catholic church. we have the concept of a bishop emeritus. when a bishop retires, when he retires, he becomes a bishop emeritus. and since the pope is the bishop of rome, people started to call this figure the pope emeritus. actually, at the time, benedict xvi kind of said he wanted to be called father benedict. that was his idea, to go back to that title. at the one that has stuck is pope emeritus. hannah, was that an unusual or an unprecedented situation, when he did resign, to see these two men, in white, coexisting within the tiny city of the vatican?