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Pope Francis (center) starts a funeral mass as the coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI rests outside St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.

Pope Francis paid tribute to his predecessor former Pope Benedict XVI Thursday, in a funeral attended by tens of thousands of mourners at St. Peter’s Square.

Thousands of Catholic mourners, clergy and the odd well-timed tourist in Rome flocked outside St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday for a final farewell to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

Cardinals arrive in procession ahead of the funeral mass for late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.