Pope Francis leads tribute to Benedict

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 02, 2023 12:04 am

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis led tributes on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) to the 'kind' and 'noble' emeritus pope, who died almost a decade after becoming the first head of the Catholic church in six centuries to step down.

Francis will address the Catholic faithful on Sunday at the Vatican, the day after the death of his predecessor at the age of 95.

A photograph of late former Pope Benedict XVI is seen during a worship service in the Catholic St Oswald church in his birthplace Marktl am Inn, southern Germany on Dec. 31, 2022. AFP

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