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The body of the Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is laid out in public in Vatican - 02 Jan 2023

Mourners take photographs of the body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Source: AAP / SOPA Images/Sipa USA

Tens of thousands are waiting in line to see the late pope Benedict the sixteenth lying in state in the Vatican. As the first non-sitting pope to die in six centuries, his funerals are raising questions on how to properly honour a pope emeritus.

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Tens of thousands are waiting in line to see the late pope Benedict the sixteenth lying in state in the Vatican. As the first non-sitting pope to die in six centuries, his funerals are raising questions on how to properly honour a pope emeritus.

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