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hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all over the world. i'm bianca nobler. >> i'm max foster live from london. we want to get to our special coverage. pope emeritus benedict's funeral. in when 30 minutes from now the funeral for the former pontiff will begin in st. peter's square. >> dignitaries from around the world will be attending and pope francis will be leading the mass. he'll become the first pontiff in modern times to preside over the funeral service for his predecessor. moments ago the coffin carrying pope benedict left st. peter's bas...

>> we now move to the prayer of the faithful. >> translator: brothers and sisters, let us pray to god our father for his forgiveness and rebirth to the living hope for the resurrection of jesus to the dead. the response is let us pray to the lord. ♪ >> translator: we pray in german. the pope emeritus benedict who has fallen asleep in the lord, may the eternal shepherd receive him into his kingdom of light and peace. ♪ ♪ >> translator: we pray in french. for our holy father pope francis and for all the pastors of the church, may they proclaim fearlessly in word and deed ch chris...

The missions ended up killing about 90% of the california indians present at the time of missionization, creating all kinds of cultural and emotional baggage that we still carry to this day. it's not a question of attacking the catholic church or attacking pope francis. it's about making sure that the truth is heard and that injustices are not continued on into the 21st century. >> reporter: now, you've obviously made this case before 50 different tribes. there was a coalesce ens in this, the name of this cause. what was the response from the vatican? professor, give it to me quickly because i...

>> reporter: where is pope francis right now? he's leaving the embassy for the vatican here. he was resting obviously necessary, 78 years old, huge schedule. big moment on the south lawn this morning. really hot, not as hot as cuba but hot. he's making his way here. he's not far away. when he comes we'll show it to you. let's bring in john allen, our expert for all things pope and vatican related. john, you've written about this pope. you know him well. you were with me tutoring me, mentoring me during the conclave when he was being picked. when he was, you said, this is a man they believe can...

No false urgency here. we are about to witness more history. just minutes from now, the first latin american pope will canonize the first spanish american saint. father junipero serra. this is going to happen for the first time on american soil, and it's going to happen at the only national catholic university, here catholic university founded 1887, the only university founded by the bishops. special significance in the catholic church. behind us is the basilica. it doesn't speak to architecture, it talks to significance to the catholic church. this is a high mass. it's very important. it will...