hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all over the world. i m bianca nobler. i m max foster live from london. we want to get to our special coverage. pope emeritus benedict s funeral. in when 30 minutes from now the funeral for the former pontiff will begin in st. peter s square. dignitaries from around the world will be attending and pope francis will be leading the mass. he ll become the first pontiff in modern times to preside over the funeral service for his predecessor. moments ago the coffin carrying pope benedict left st. peter s basilica, where he s been lying in state since monday. now, before he became pope benedict, joseph ratzinger was born in 1927 in germany, became a cardinal in 1977. following the death of john paul he was elected pope in 2005. he resigned from his role as pope in 2013. benedict said his choice to step down was made to liz lack of strength of body and of mind. cnn is covering all angles of today s e
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
worthy of note, the homily we just heard contained a number of citations directly from pope benedi benedict from the christmas mass homily he gave in 2006 and the whome home millihe gave for the beginning of his pontificate in 2005 .
the missions ended up killing about 90% of the california indians present at the time of missionization, creating all kinds of cultural and emotional baggage that we still carry to this day. it s not a question of attacking the catholic church or attacking pope francis. it s about making sure that the truth is heard and that injustices are not continued on into the 21st century. reporter: now, you ve obviously made this case before 50 different tribes. there was a coalesce ens in this, the name of this cause. what was the response from the vatican? professor, give it to me quickly because i don t want to cut you off by the pope showing up. zbroe. we have gotten zero response from the vatican. not a word. we do not exist, it seems, in pope francis world. what do you think the justification is on their side? why do you think he would have
reporter: where is pope francis right now? he s leaving the embassy for the vatican here. he was resting obviously necessary, 78 years old, huge schedule. big moment on the south lawn this morning. really hot, not as hot as cuba but hot. he s making his way here. he s not far away. when he comes we ll show it to you. let s bring in john allen, our expert for all things pope and vatican related. john, you ve written about this pope. you know him well. you were with me tutoring me, mentoring me during the conclave when he was being picked. when he was, you said, this is a man they believe can restore the faith in the church among the faithful. what are we seeing here that proves that point? well, chris, just look around. look at the enthusiasm of the people that you see lining the streets to catch a glimpse of pope francis. you mentioned how magical this is and spiritually significant this is for catholics and that s true. but not all those people out there are catholics. there are a