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The life of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be the focus of a special memorial Mass on Thursday, Jan. 5, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, in conjunction with the late pope’s funeral ...

Mourners gathered at the Vatican to pay their last respects to retired Pope Benedict XVI. Pope Francis presided over the funeral of his predecessor at St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday.

“It is with great sadness that I learned today that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has passed away,” Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, said in a statement issued Saturday.

While popes often tinker with the rules regulating the conclave that will elect their successor, a revision of the papal funeral rites became seemingly necessary after Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI ...

“Today we entrust the beloved pope emeritus Benedict XVI to the most holy mother (the ... will be able to pay their respects before a funeral on Thursday overseen by Francis.

Thousands of people have been paying their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI at his ... lying in state The funeral will take place in St Peter's Square, before the Pope Emeritus is laid to ...

A woman from County Donegal has said she was "humbled and honoured" to read one of the liturgical readings at the Requiem Mass of Pope Benedict XVI ... reading at the funeral in St Peter's ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — New simplified procedures for the funerals of popes were released earlier this month, reflecting Pope Francis’ ongoing effort to emphasize the pope’s role as a pastor.

Cardinal Kurt Koch celebrated a pontifical Mass at the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, marking the second anniversary of the pope emeritus’ death. The pope from ...