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>> 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...

Who has contributed in an intellectual way. i must say here, max. we saw several signs, one, make him a saint immediately. that brings us back with john paul ii, signs everywhere to make john paul ii a saint, which did eventually happen. i'm not sure if benedict would have wanted that. he was very self-effacing, wasn't interested in popes being saints. it is an outpouring for the faithful for their affection, for the person. the we've noticed all morning, we have much smaller crowds. john paul ii funeral was an entirely different pope, entirely different situation. he was ill for two months be...

The apartheid days. it was like a rallying cry to nelson many della when he was locked up in jail. nobody was seen his face. there was a sense he was cut off from the revolution. it became a war cry, a lament, it became a memory for people to sing over and over against the same words -- nelson mandela, nelson mandela, there's no one like you. in the last year particularly we've seen the call kind of a call of thanks. it was sung a lot outside the hospital when these night vigils like this emerged when he was battling that lung infection in opt for three months. it really has become such a simp...