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Cardinal Pell’s faith, suffering remembered at Vatican funeral
Cardinal Pell died of a heart attack Jan. 10 at a Rome hospital after undergoing hip surgery. He was 81. His burial was scheduled for Feb. 2 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney, where he had served as archbishop before Pope Francis chose him as prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy.
Memorial Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral celebrates life of Pope Benedict XVI
“As we give thanks for the gifts of faith, mercy and salvation in God’s eternal kingdom, we give thanks for Pope Benedict’s part in bringing much of this to us, God’s people. He gave his entire life to building that kingdom,” Bishop Kettler said.
At funeral, pope remembers Benedict’s ‘wisdom, tenderness, devotion’
Pope Benedict XVI “spread and testified to” the Gospel his entire life, Pope Francis told tens of thousands of people gathered Jan. 5 for his predecessor’s funeral Mass.
Pope Benedict’s funeral will respect his wishes to be simple
After the funeral Mass, the coffin will be taken to St. Peter’s Basilica and then to the Vatican grotto for burial. It was widely reported before his death that his burial site would be in the chapel where St. John Paul II’s body rested until his beatification in 2011.
Retired Pope Benedict’s funeral scheduled for Jan. 5
The 95-year-old pope’s remains will be in St. Peter’s Basilica beginning the morning of Jan. 2 for people to pay their last respects and offer their prayers. The funeral Mass, presided over by Pope Francis, will be in St. Peter’s Square Jan. 5 starting at 9:30 a.m. Rome time.
Pope Benedict: Eight years as pope capped long ministry as teacher of faith
Retired Pope Benedict XVI, who had an impressive record as a teacher and defender of the basics of the Catholic faith, died Dec. 31 at the age of 95, nearly 10 years after leaving the papacy to retire to a life of prayer and study.
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