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Jan 5, 2023, 5 tweets

#BREAKING Funeral of ex-pope Benedict XVI begins: AFP

#UPDATE Pope Francis is leading ex-pope Benedict XVI's funeral mass, as a choir in St Peter's Square sang prayers for the first pontiff to have resigned since the Middle Ages.

Benedict's plain, cypress wood coffin sits in Vatican Square, which is packed with attendees

VIDEO: Filipino Catholics hold a requiem mass at Malolos Cathedral for ex-pope Benedict XVI on the same day as the funeral at the Vatican.

Benedict died on Saturday aged 95, bringing an end to an unprecedented situation of having two "men in white" at the same time

#UPDATE Tens of thousands of mourners gathered at the Vatican on Thursday for the funeral of former pope Benedict XVI, led by his successor Pope Francis in an event unprecedented in modern times ▶️ u.afp.com/iM5L

#UPDATE Pope Francis led the funeral of his predecessor Benedict XVI on Thursday in front of tens of thousands of mourners in St Peter's Square at the Vatican, an event unprecedented in modern times ▶️ u.afp.com/iM5L

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