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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Susie Beever

Things you didn't know about the Pope's funeral - from three coffins to being buried with bags of coins

Tens of thousands said goodbye to Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday as the former pontiff was laid to rest.

The 95-year-old died on January 31 after falling gravely ill, and was the first in six centuries to retire.

Current Pope Francis presided over the rare Mass Thursday marking an extremely rare scenario of a sitting pope burying his predecessor.

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