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A rosary and crucifix are seen in the hands of Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Basilica as people pay their respects to the late pope at the Vatican Jan. 2, 2023. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Scroll in Benedict’s casket briefly summarizes his life and ministry

‘Benedict XVI placed the theme of God and faith at the center of his pontificate’

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Archbishop Georg Gänswein, right, who was private secretary to Pope Benedict XVI, talks with Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo, Sri Lanka, as people pay their respects at the body of Pope Benedict in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 4, 2023. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope Benedict lived the faith he taught, says Archbishop Gänswein

Pope’s personal secretary was with him at time of death

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A man holds a rosary as people wait in line to enter St. Peter's Basilica to view the body of Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican Jan. 2, 2023. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Thousands pay last respects to Pope Benedict in St. Peter’s Basilica

‘He was an authentic testimony of what it means to be Christian and a disciple of Jesus’

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Read more about the article Pope remembers predecessor as a ‘great teacher of catechesis’
Retired Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis exchange greetings at the conclusion of a consistory at which Pope Francis created 20 new cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 14, 2015. Pope Benedict died at the age of 95 in his residence at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope remembers predecessor as a ‘great teacher of catechesis’

‘May he help us to rediscover in Christ the joy of believing and the hope of living’

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Archbishop Georg Gänswein kisses the hand of Pope Benedict XVI during a Rite of Reception after the transfer of the body of the late pope into St. Peter's Basilica in the early morning at the Vatican Jan. 2, 2023. Archbishop Gänswein was the private secretary to Pope Benedict. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Benedict’s body solemnly, lovingly carried to St. Peter’s Basilica

'I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them'

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People pray as they pay their respects at the body of Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 3, 2023. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope Benedict’s spiritual testament: ‘Stand firm in the faith’

‘I humbly ask: pray for me, so that the Lord, despite all my sins and inadequacies, may receive me into his eternal dwelling’

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Pope Francis delivers his blessing during a traditional evening prayer service on New Year's Eve in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 31, 2022. Pope Benedict XVI died in the morning Dec. 31 at his residence at the Vatican. He was 95. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope pays tribute to the late Pope Benedict, highlighting his gentleness

‘With emotion we remember him as such a noble, such a gentle person’

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A rosary and crucifix are seen in the hands of Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Basilica as people pay their respects to the late pope at the Vatican Jan. 2, 2023. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope Benedict’s funeral will respect his wishes to be simple

‘Ask the Lord to console him and sustain him in his witness of love for the Church’

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Pope Benedict XVI is pictured as he leaves his final general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this Feb. 27, 2013, file photo. The retired pope released a statement Feb. 8 concerning the recent report on abuse in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, where he served as archbishop from 1977-1982. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope Benedict XVI dies; funeral set for Jan. 5 in St. Peter’s Square

Preached the importance of ‘the basic relationship between the human being and the Creator’

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