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Coffin of ex-Pope Benedict XVI arrives in St. Peter’s Square ahead of funeral

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The coffin of ex-Pope Benedict XVI arrives in St. Peter’s Square ahead of his funeral. Almost a decade after he became the first pontiff in six centuries to resign, his successor Pope Francis will lead a requiem mass in the vast St. Peter's Square before his body is laid ro rest in the papal tombs beneath St Peter's Basilica. IMAGES

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