The funeral of Pope Benedict XVI has been held at the Vatican, the first time in hundreds of years a funeral service for a former pope has been presided over by a current pope. Before the service, Benedict’s body had been on display in St Peter’s Basilica, dressed in robes and clutching rosary beads, allowing tens of thousands of mourners to file past. As it began, pallbearers carried Benedict’s coffin out of the huge church and rested it before an altar in front of St Peter’s Square. READ ALSO: How…
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