{"id":1792096,"date":"2023-01-01T09:21:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T14:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1792096"},"modified":"2023-01-01T09:21:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T14:21:42","slug":"pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi-funeral-to-be-held-thursday-in-st-peters-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi-funeral-to-be-held-thursday-in-st-peters-square\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI&#8217;s funeral to be held Thursday at St. Peter&#8217;s Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpope-emeritus-benedict-xvi-funeral-to-be-held-thursday-in-st-peters-square%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1792096&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/pope-francis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pope Francis<\/a> Next week, the funeral service will be held for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI who died Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The Vatican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi-dead-95-vatican-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced Pope Emeritus\u00a0Benedict XVI\u00a0passed away<\/a> Saturday at 9:34 am He was 95.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Benedict&#8217;s remains are currently held at Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, Vatican City. This is where he lived the majority of his post-papacy life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi-dead-95-vatican-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>POPE EMERITUS BENEDICT XVI DEAD AT 95, VATICAN SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/640\/320\/Benedict-Francis-BT-A.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis greets Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI during a mass to create 20 new cardinals during a ceremony in St. Peter&#039;s Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 14, 2015.\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n FILE PHOTO &#8211; Pope Francis meets Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at a Mass to Create 20 New Cardinals, held in St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica at Vatican on February 14, 2015.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(REUTERS\/Tony Gentile\/File Photo)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The faithful will have the opportunity to view his body on Jan. 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/religion\/vatican\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica<\/a>. According to tradition, the corpse of the dead pope will be made available to the public so that mourners can pray for him on Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Vatican announced that Pope Francis will preside at the funeral mass of the late pontiff in St. Peter&#8217;s Square on Jan. 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/pope-benedicts-1969-vision-catholicism-vatican-ii-future-church-ensure-his-teachings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>POPE BENEDICT&#8217;S VISION OF CATHOLICISM, VATICAN II, AND THE FUTURE OF THE CHURCH ENDURE THROUGH HIS TEACHINGS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/640\/320\/GettyImages-860901676.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Pope Benedict XVI at his Vatican residence in November 1985, Italy.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Pope Benedict XVI, Italy&#8217;s Vatican Residence in November 1985.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Gianni GIANSANTI\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The public will be able to attend the service, and the Vatican has given contacts. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/religion\/roman-catholic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catholics worldwide<\/a> I would like to conceive the mass remotely.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005, Benedict was elected to the papal papacy. Later, he claimed that he had prayed for his selection during the conclave, but was forced to accept what was. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/pope-benedicts-1969-vision-catholicism-vatican-ii-future-church-ensure-his-teachings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">God calling him to greater service<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/pope-benedict-xvi-gives-farewell-to-cardinals-promises-obedience-to-successor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>POPE BENEDICT XVI GIVES FAREWELL TO CARDINALS, PROMISES OBEDIENCE TO SUCCESSOR<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/640\/320\/GettyImages-537123631.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Catholic clergyman, Cardinal, Germany Ratzinger taking office as Bishop of Munich - 1977\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Catholic priest, Germany Ratzinger, taking office as Bishop in Munich &#8211; 1977<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Claus Hampel \/ ullstein bild via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Benedict, 85 years old and the first pope of centuries, was elected as Pope in February 2013. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/pope-benedict-xvi-steps-down-in-surprise-announcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resign from his post<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise [of the pontificate],&#8221; He said it at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/640\/320\/GettyImages-95240546-e1672251931106.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Pope Benedict XVI gives Christmas Night Mass at St. Peter&#039;s Basilica on Dec. 24, 2009, in Vatican City, Vatican.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Christmas Night Mass at St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica, Vatican City, Vatican on December 24, 2009.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Franco Origlia\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The title of former pontiff was given to Pope Francis after his ascension. &#8220;Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI,&#8221; But, per canon law he had no authority over the church.<\/p>\n<p>On June 29, 2021, Benedict celebrated the Platinum Jubilee \u2014 70th anniversary \u2014 of his ordination into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/religion\/christianity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">priesthood<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Fox News Digital&#8217;s Timothy Nerozzi is a journalist. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and can email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis Next week, the funeral service will be held for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI who died Saturday. The Vatican announced Pope Emeritus\u00a0Benedict XVI\u00a0passed away Saturday at 9:34 am He was 95.\u00a0\u00a0 Benedict&#8217;s remains are currently held at Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, Vatican City. This is where he lived the majority of his post-papacy life. 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