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Calls for Pope Benedict's sainthood make canonizing popes seem like the norm – but it's a long and politically fraught process

Like many others around the world, I watched the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI live on the internet. Before the service began, an unexpected announcement came over the loudspeakers requesting that members of the assembled crowd refrain from raising any banners or flags. Nevertheless, toward the end of the…

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The AP Interview Takeaways: The Pope on "patience" in China

Pope Francis says continued dialogue with Chinese authorities is a guiding principle in his efforts to safeguard his flock who are a small minority in that Asian nation

The Independent UK

The AP Interview: Pope on health, critics and future papacy

Pope Francis says he hasn’t even considered issuing norms to regulate future papal resignations

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Cardinal George Pell’s funeral takes place at Vatican

Pope gives final blessing at service for Australia’s most senior Catholic, who was found guilty then acquitted of child abuse

The Guardian - UK

Vatican holds funeral for cardinal who decried Francis' rule

The Australian cardinal who decried the papacy of Pope Francis as a “catastrophe” is receiving tributes, including from the pontiff himself, at his funeral in St. Peter's Basilica

The Independent UK

Vatican farewell for Cardinal George Pell

The most senior Australian member of the Catholic clergy will be farewelled in a mass at the same Vatican church where former pope Benedict's funeral was held.

AAP

Benedict's confidant spills beans on two-popes tension

Vatican City (AFP) - Just one week after the funeral of Benedict XVI, his closest aide released a much-trailed memoir Thursday, revealing details of tensions between the late pope emeritus and his more liberal successor Pope Francis.

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Cardinal George Pell, whose sex abuse convictions were overturned, dies at 81

Pell was the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of child sex abuse and spent 404 days in solitary confinement in his native Australia only to have his convictions overturned.

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Pope meets with Benedict's aide amid funeral, book fallout

Pope Francis has met with Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, the longtime secretary of Pope Benedict XVI

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Public now can see Benedict's tomb at St. Peter's Basilica

The Vatican is allowing the public to visit the new tomb of Pope Benedict XVI under St. Peter's Basilica

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 7 January 2023

The Sinaloa Cartel was dealt a significant blow this week with the capture of Ovidio Guzmán. You know the name. The city of Culiacán descended into an orgy of retaliatory violence.

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Pictures of the week: The Elvis Express train, a goat in a coat and Epiphany celebrations

The Independent’s picture editors bring you the best photography from all corners of the planet

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Martin Schram: A heavenly debate — JFK and Benedict XVI

As Catholic scholars and prelates pay homage to the legacy of Benedict XVI after Thursday’s funeral outside St. Peter’s Basilica, we can fortunately reflect upon pope emeritus’s proudly conservative influence from a unique perspective. It is fictitious, yet verifiably authentic.

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AP News Digest 3 a.m.

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EST. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org.

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Biden visits Vatican embassy to pay respects to Benedict XVI

President Joe Biden has paid his respects to the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at the Vatican embassy in Washington

Chicago Sun-Times

Thousands bid farewell to former Pope Benedict XVI at funeral presided over by Pope Francis

Bells tolled and the crowd in St. Peter’s square applauded as pallbearers emerged from a fog-shrouded St. Peter’s Basilica and placed Benedict’s simple cypress coffin before the altar in the square outside.

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Mosaic of mourners bids farewell to Benedict XVI

One pope laid to rest another Thursday in an extraordinary ceremony at the Vatican as the Catholic faithful bade farewell to Benedict XVI, who resigned the papacy a decade ago.

Daily Mirror

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

Amidst the pomp and splendour are several Catholic customs to honour the life of Pope Benedict XVI who is the first pontiff to be buried by his predecessor in 600 years

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The Independent UK

Giving reading at Benedict XVI funeral ‘an honour’, says Donegal woman

Mary Maguire, from Letterkenny, said she got ‘such a shock’ after being asked to take part in the former pope’s requiem Mass.

The Guardian - UK

Pope Benedict XVI laid to rest as 50,000 pay respects in St Peter’s Square

National leaders and royals among those gathered to see Pope Francis bury his predecessor

The Independent UK

Pope Francis leads funeral of Benedict XVI as tens of thousands gather at Vatican

At his request, Benedict’s coffin is buried in the underground Vatican grottoes

Salon

Pope Benedict: Troubled leader, no saint

Before we canonize the late pope, let’s remember all the harm his preaching caused — and hope for something better

AFP

Pope Francis leads final farewell to Benedict before thousands

Vatican City (AFP) - 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, an event unprecedented in modern times.

Radio France Internationale

Fifty thousand faithful pay final respects to ex-pope Benedict XVI

Pope Francis, global leader of the Catholic church, presided over the funeral of his predecessor Benedict XVI on Thursday in the presence of tens of thousands of mourners in St Peter's Square in Rome.

Daily Mirror

Inside Pope Benedict funeral crowds including sobbing Brit who also queued to see Queen

Pope Francis made modern history at the funeral at St Peter's Square on Thursday as he presided over his predecessor’s funeral, a sight not seen for over 200 years

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