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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...

When we had popes who presided, popes who were professors. this was very much a professor pope. he reminded me of another benedict, benedict xiv who lived in the 1700s who wrote the book on canonization. how do you examine candidates for canonization and many of those rules are still standing. >> in terms of, you know, the power of the church going forward, does it lie more in liberal happened now with a liberal pope there sitting, presiding over the service? >> no. i have to say the church is a church of -- at its best the church is a church of both and and not either/or. the church's social ...