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——sarah campbell, our royal correspondent. tens of thousands of mourners have attended the funeral at the vatican of the late pope benedict the sixteenth. the mass was presided over by the current pope francis. it's unprecedented in modern times for a living pope to bury his predecessor. this was the scene as mourners — including politicians and representatives of royal families — gathered in a misty st peter's square in vatican city for the requiem mass. also in the crowd were an estimated 4,000 members of the clergy and many who admired the late pope benedict as a theologian and intellectual. during his homily, pope francis used biblical references in which he appeared to compare his predecessor with jesus. translation: in god's faithful - people gathered here now accompanies and entrusts to him the one who was their pastor, like the women at the tomb, we too have come with fragrance