{"id":1795864,"date":"2023-01-05T10:34:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T15:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1795864"},"modified":"2023-01-05T10:36:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T15:36:32","slug":"pictures-funeral-of-pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pictures-funeral-of-pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi\/","title":{"rendered":"Pictures: Funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Fpictures-funeral-of-pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi%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=1795864&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=\"subheading\">Tens of thousands of mourners, including world leaders and top church figures, gathered in St Peter\u2019s Square, Vatican City, on Thursday morning to mourn the passing of Pope Benedict XVI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">After a three-day period of being in state for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the funeral will be held on January 31st. The former Pope, who was the first to step down from the Catholic Church&#8217;s top in 2013 and the first time in 600 years, decided to retire to a monastery within the Vatican.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_22971183\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246011498.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22971183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246011498.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">VATICAN CITY, VATICAN \u2013 JANUARY 05: Clerics attend the funeral mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter\u2019s square on January 5, 2023 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Christopher Furlong\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The funeral itself, which saw a plain cypress wood coffin carried into the square by pallbearers before being taken back inside for internment in the papal crypt, was conducted by a Vatican cardinal and was attended and presided over by Benedict XVI\u2019s successor, Pope Francis, who arrived in a wheelchair.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Others attending the funeral included several European Catholic politicians including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz,\u00a0Polish President Andrzej Duda, and Italy\u2019s Prime minister Giorgia Meloni. European Royals attending included\u00a0Queen Sofia of Spain and King Philippe of Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Associated Press, around 100,000 people were expected at the event. They filled the Square and spilled out onto the street that leads to the River Tiber.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22971188\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246012353.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22971188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246012353.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is brought to St. Peter\u2019s Square for a funeral mass at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Benedict died Dec. 31 at 95 in the monastery on Vatican grounds, where he had spent almost all of his decade in retirement. His days were mainly dedicated to prayer and reflection. (Photo by Massimo Vallicchia\/NurPhoto via Getty Images).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_22971193\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246011750.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22971193\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246011750.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pope Francis arrives in a wheelchair to preside over the funeral mass of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter\u2019s square in the Vatican on January 5, 2023. \u2013 Pope Francis is presiding on January 5 over the funeral of his predecessor Benedict XVI at the Vatican, an unprecedented event in modern times expected to draw tens of thousands of people. (Photo: Filippo MONTEFORTE\/AFP). (Photoby FILIPPO.MONTEFORTE\/AFP via Getty Images).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_22971208\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246011779.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22971208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246011779.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">VATICAN CITY, VATICAN \u2013 JANUARY 05: A general view during the funeral mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter\u2019s square on January 5, 2023 in Vatican City, Vatican. Former Pope Benedict XVI was the head of the Catholic Church between 19 April 2005 and his resignation on 28 February 2013. He died on 31 December 2022 at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, Vatican City. Over 135,000 people paid their tributes on the first two days of the late pontiff\u2019s lying in state at St. Peter\u2019s Basilica. (Photo by Christopher Furlong\/Getty Images).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_22971213\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246011816.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22971213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246011816.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">VATICAN CITY, VATICAN \u2013 JANUARY 05: A general view during the funeral mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter\u2019s square on January 5, 2023 in Vatican City, Vatican. Former Pope Benedict XVI was the head of the Catholic Church between 19 April 2005 and his resignation on 28 February 2013. He died on 31 December 2022 at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, Vatican City. Over 135,000 people paid their tributes on the first two days of the late pontiff\u2019s lying in state at St. Peter\u2019s Basilica. (Photo by Christopher Furlong\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_22971218\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246011194.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22971218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246011194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">VATICAN CITY, VATICAN \u2013 JANUARY 05: Pope Francis presides over the funeral mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter\u2019s square on January 5, 2023 in Vatican City, Vatican. Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger was a German citizen who was born in Marktl in Bavaria in 1927. He was elected Pope Benedict XVI in 2005. He served as the head of the Catholic Church and the sovereign over the Vatican City State. His resignation was due to ill-health on February 28, 2013. He succeeded Pope John Paul 2 and was succeeded in his role by the current Pope Francis. He died in Vatican City on 31\/12\/2022 at 95 years of age at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery. (Photo by Antonio Masiello\/Getty Images).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_22971223\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246010908.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22971223\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1246010908.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">TOPSHOT \u2013 Cardinals and Bishops attend the funeral mass of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter\u2019s square in the Vatican on January 5, 2023. \u2013 Pope Francis is presiding on January 5 over the funeral of his predecessor Benedict XVI at the Vatican, an unprecedented event in modern times expected to draw tens of thousands of people. (Photo: Filippo MONTEFORTE\/AFP) (Photo: FILIPPO O MONTEFORTE\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tens of thousands of mourners, including world leaders and top church figures, gathered in St Peter\u2019s Square, Vatican City, on Thursday morning to mourn the passing of Pope Benedict XVI. After a three-day period of being in state for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the funeral will be held on January 31st. 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