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This handout photograph taken and released by The Vatican Media on January 5, 2023, shows an official as he blesses the coffin of the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at The Vatican. - Pope Francis led the funeral of his predecessor Benedict XVI in front of tens of thousands of mourners in St Peter's Square, an event unprecedented in modern times. Scarlet-clad cardinals, dignitaries and thousands of priests and nuns from around the world gathered to say goodbye to the German theologian, who stunned the Catholic church in 2013 by becoming the first pontiff in six centuries to resign. (Photo by Handout / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / VATICAN MEDIA" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS