Pope Benedict XVI died on Saturday morning at the age of 95. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be buried in the crypt under St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said Saturday afternoon. According to a funeral programme released by the Vatican, his body will lie in state in St. Peter’s Basilica from the morning of Monday, January 2, 2023, until his funeral Mass in St. Peter’s Square on January 5, 2023. The tombs in the Vatican crypt are close to the remains of the Catholic Church’s first pope, St. Peter the…
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