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Tabea Schneider (far left) with a group of other pilgrims who traveled 20 hours by bus from Cologne, Germany, to attend the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI on Jan. 5, 2023, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. / Courtney Mares / CNAVatican City, Jan 5, 2023 / 08:36 am (CNA).Catholics from Germany, France, Ghana, India, Australia, Uganda, and many more countries who attended the funeral Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Thursday have shared their favorite memories of the late pope and why...

The coffin of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is carried into St. Peter's Square prior to his funeral Mass on Jan. 5, 2023. / Daniel Ibañez/CNAVatican City, Jan 5, 2023 / 03:21 am (CNA).Tens of thousands of people were present in St. Peters Square for the funeral Thursday of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a leading theologian of the 20th century and the first pope to resign from office in nearly 600 years.Royalty, cardinals, patriarchs, government officials, and many Catholic families and religiou...

Pope Benedict XVI / image of Our Lady of Guadalupe / Credit: Vatican Media / Public domainCNA Newsroom, Jan 5, 2023 / 04:45 am (CNA).The bishops of Mexico have invited the faithful to participate in a Mass to be celebrated for the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City."We invite you to participate in the Holy Mass for the soul of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in the distinguished national Basilica of Holy Mary of Guadalupe on Jan. 10 at 11 a.m....

Before the wooden coffin is closed, Benedict XVIs personal secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein and Monsignor Diego Giovanni Ravelli, the Vaticans lead master of ceremonies for papal liturgies, place a white veil over the late popes face. The action on Jan. 4, 2023, is part of the funeral rites for popes. / Vatican MediaVatican City, Jan 5, 2023 / 08:14 am (CNA).The Vatican on Thursday shared the first photos of the private ritual for the closing of Benedict XVIs coffin.The casket was closed in ...

Pope Benedict XVI and Cardinal George Pell in Australia. / Credit: EWTNCNA Newsroom, Jan 3, 2023 / 13:30 pm (CNA).Australian Cardinal George Pell, prefect emeritus of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy and former archbishop of Sydney, shared in an interview with EWTN News in Depth what Pope Benedict XVI was like and stressed that the pope was completely the opposite of the caricatures that his enemies made of him.The cardinal said that Benedict XVI was "a complete opposite of the caric...

Damar Hamlin, a safety for the Buffalo Bills, went into cardiac arrest after a tackle in a Jan. 2, 2023, game against the Cincinnati Bengals. / Buffalo Bills YouTube ChannelBoston, Mass., Jan 3, 2023 / 12:30 pm (CNA).Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest during an NFL football game Monday night, is receiving an outpouring of prayers and support from his Catholic high school in Pittsburgh, his former college, and from players around the league.&nb...

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Pope Francis gives his message during the weekly general audience in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall on Jan. 4, 2023 / Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, Jan 4, 2023 / 02:30 am (CNA).Benedict XVI "always wanted to accompany us in the encounter with Jesus," Pope Francis said at the start of his weekly public audience on Wednesday.The pope began his message Jan. 4 with a reference to his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died on Dec. 31 at the age of 95. The body of Benedict XVI i...

Church of the Holy Cross in the Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia / Credit: Archdiocese of Santa CruzCNA Newsroom, Jan 4, 2023 / 08:30 am (CNA).The pastor of Holy Cross parish in the Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia, Father Raúl Arrázola, denounced the violent intrusion of a group of policemen into his church on Sunday, Jan. 1.In a statement to the Bolivian newspaper El Deber, Arrázola said that a group of police officers "violated private property" an...

Null / Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.London, England, Jan 4, 2023 / 07:30 am (CNA).A leading former Anglican bishop who converted to Catholicism has described Benedict XVIs famous initiative enabling Anglicans to convert to Catholicism as "prophetic."Reflecting on the life and legacy of Pope Benedict XVI, Monsignor Michael Nazir-Ali, formerly the Anglican bishop of Rochester, told CNA in a phone call on Jan. 3 that the birth of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham was a "prophe...