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The absolute disarray in the sale of the Pakistan Sindh government’s subsidised flour to the people resulted in the death of a man, a father of seven, in Mirpurkhas district during a stampede. The death occurred near the commissioner’s office where two mini-trucks carrying 200 bags each were selling flour.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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