For the first time in modern history, a sitting pope will preside over his predecessor’s funeral next week, with Pope Francis leading a “simple” ceremony for Benedict XVI, who died Saturday. | AFP
The death of a Roman Catholic pope usually sets in motion time-honored traditions, but would someone who had given up the papacy get papal treatment?
He later visited him at the Mater Ecclesiae monastery inside the Vatican gardens which became Benedict’s home when he retired. The body of the German pope, whose birth name was Joseph Ratzinger, will stay at the monastery until early on Monday morning. The Vatican said official delegations from Italy and the ex-pope’s native Germany would attend the funeral.
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