we just heard contain another of citations directly from pope benedict and his encyclical. from the homily he gave in 2006. and the homily for the beginning of his pontificate in 2005.

we now move to the prayer of the faithful. >> brothers and sisters, let us pray to god our father and his mercy has given us rebirth to a living home flew the resurrection of jesus from the dead. the response is, let us pray to

the lord. ♪♪ >> we pray in german. for pope emeritus, benedict, may the eternal shepard receive him into his kingdom of light and peace. we pray in french. >> translator: for our holy father, pope francis, and for all the pastors of the church, may they proclaim fearlessly in word and deed christ's victory over evil and death.

♪♪ we pray in arabic. for leaders of nation and international organizations, may they strive to promote justice and peace with wisdom and foresight. ♪♪ we pray in portuguese. for our brothers and sisters in need. may god's love open our hearts to compassion and concern for the poor and for the least of our brothers and sisters.

♪♪ and we pray in italian. for us gathered to celebrate the defeat of death by the triumph of the lord jesus, may it be for us as hope as we await the coming of the kingdom. ♪♪ >> translator: god, our father, lover of life hear the prayers we raise to you with faith and the risen lord for pope emeritus benedict and for the needs of the church and of our world, grant us pleasure with you the heavenly jerusalem where sorrow and tears will be no more.

through christ our lord. >> translator: and we now transition to the liturgy of the eucharist, the choir will offer as our offertory chant -- [ speaking non-english ] and as we move forward we reflect on these words pope francis said yesterday, pope benedict's gentle thought was ee cleesial because he always wanted to be with us on his encounter. the risen one, the lord, the was the destination to which pope benedict led us taking us by the hand. may he help us rediscover in christ the joy of believing and the hope of living. ♪♪

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cardinal reye has offered the gifts that he can now incensing the faithful, today's liturgy based largely on the rite of christian burial of a supreme pontiff. there have been several modifications for those of you following in a missile we will

use uris tick prayer 3. >> translator: look with favor on the offerings of your church as she calls on you, lord. by the power of this sacrifice grant as she places your servant as high priest of your flock so may you sit here among the number of your chosen priests in heaven. through christ our lord. [ speaking non-english ]

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♪♪ >> as the choir has chanted the penitential psalm 130, out of the depths i cry, oh, lord, about 50,0006 our brothers and sisters here have been receiving christ, the lord of glory. it is our meeting with him that we prepare ourselves for as the catechism says for the day of death inaugurates at the end of our sacra mental life the fulfillment of what has been begun in baptism and we see a symbol of baptism, one of the symbols on pope benedict's coat of arms that we've been seeing on his coffin, the shell along

with a symbol of his earthly life, a symbol of the more highly symbolic heraldic symbol from bavaria as well as the bear, a symbol of the ecclesial offices that pope benedict held during his life, as we know, baptism, the day on which we are invited to conform ourselves to the image of christ, which is then we are then helped do through the other sacraments, through the sacrament of confirmation, anointing that we receive, always an invitation to participate in the feast of the kingdom anticipated here in this sacrament we participate in now that of eucharist. it is the church, our mother, who always bears us in her womb,

nourishing us on the sacraments during our earthly pilgrimage in which we are accompanied to the very end so that we may surrender ourselves as we heard in the homily today into the father's hands we now prepare to conclude this requiem mass for pope benedict. >> the post communion prayer. let us pray. [ speaking non-english ] as we receive sacred sustenance we prayer benedict was a faithful steward of your mysteries on earth and praise your mercy forever and the glory

of the saints. >> and now we have the final commendation and farewell. >> dear brothers and sisters in celebrating the sacred mysteries we have open the our minds and hearts to joy filled help. with confidence we now offer our final farewell to pope emeritus benedict and commend him to god, our merciful and loving father. may the god of our fathers through jesus christ his only son and the holy spirit, lord and giver of life, deliver pope emeritus benedict from death that he may sing god's praises in a heavenly jerusalem and expectation of the resurrection of his mortal body on the last day, bless the virgin mary queen of the apostles and [ speaking non-english ] intercede barret the eternal father that he may reveal the face of jesus, his son, to pope

emeritus benedict and console the church on her pilgrimage through history as she awaits the lord's return. ♪♪ >> and as part of this and every funeral service incense now and will be offered reminding us that as baptized members of christ we share in his very own life as well as the blessing of water, a reminder of our baptism. ♪♪

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we commend your mercy pope emeritus benedict whom you made successor of peter and shepard of the church, a fearless preacher and faithful minister of the divine mysteries. welcome him, we pray into your heavenly dwelling place to enjoy eternal glory with all your chosen ones. we give you thanks, lord, for all the blessings that in your goodness you bestowed upon him for the good of your people. grand us the comfort of faith and the strength of hope. to you, father, source of life, through christ the conquerer of death and the life-giving spirit, all honor and glory forever and ever, amen. the final anthem -- [ speaking non-english ] ♪♪

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>> translator: may the angels lead you into paradise, may the martyrs come and welcome you and take you into the holy city, the new and eternal jerusalem. may choirs of angels welcome you and with lazarus who is no longer may you have eternal rest. >> and as the requiem mass concludes, the pallbearers approach the coffin of the pope emeritus benedict. they will bear his coffin into the basilica and then to his final resting place below the

basilica in the vatican grottoes. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ and the chief celebrants go in procession accompanying the body and the coffin of -- in fact,

ahead of the remains of our holy father, the pope emeritus benedict xvi. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪

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♪♪ >> the last chant here, the canticles of canticles, you might say, that our lady sang out on her visitation to her cousin elizabeth, a canticle used every evening, fitting that our lady would have the final word here. >> the pallbearers lift the coffin. they'll carry it through what is known as the door of death to the left side of the main altar

of st. peter's and you may have just heard a ten ton funeral bell ringing out as well as the magazine enough cat of prayer of praise chanted during this moment. he will be taken to the grottoes, that is not a public ceremony there, but this is the first of three coffins that he will be laid to rest in, the first that you see is cypress, the second will be zinc for the pope emeritus as it was for pope john paul ii and the third again will be wood, either elm or oak, but, again, the internment ceremony in the grottos is private, so ends the mass of christian burial for pope emeritus benedict, the mass of christian burial will be held for any catholic who is buried with his church with perhaps a choir not as grand as this and a crowd not as large as this, but

there is a sureness and a certainty to the mass and particularly in what is for many people, of course, a sad moment, but in the catholic faith, this is also a celebration because the belief is that this represents the resurrection of the soul and eternal life with god for pope emeritus benedict. i want to bring in molly hunter who was there. it really is an extraordinary sight whether you're there in person, whether you're watching it on television, we know that thousands and thousands of people lined up and waited in the predawn hours to participate in this and it seemed as if throughout the service, which, again, was led by the current pope francis, there was a quietness, a respectfulness and i'm sure a sense of mourning as we see right now, pope francis as the pallbearers bring the

casket and he gives his blessing. pope francis perhaps saying his final good-byes to the man who preceded him in the office that serves 1.2 billion catholics. the wheelchair is being brought in for pope francis. thank you, pope benedict from some germans in the crowd who have the flags and then also santo subito, which is something we saw and very much upon the death of pope john paul ii and they wanted him to be named a saint very quickly, which he was. and now that sign as well for

pope benedict. >> we heard those chants from the crowds during the funeral of pope john now st. paul ii. this has been such a respectful crowd, very prayerful and when you think you have all those thousands of people gathered in one space and to see them there and then they applauded both when the coffin was brought in to begin the mass and now as it goes through as you said the door of death to be buried in the grottoes underneath st. peter's basilica but i was struck by listening to the readings how all the readings were about giving yourself over to god and the joy that comes from that and i think that really was the life of pope benedict. he was a man who truly gave himself over to god. >> the beginning and the end of the homily that was quoting the gospel of luke, father, into

your hands i commend my spirit. >> yeah, i also thought that there was a particularly beautiful moment in the homily where the pope was addressing the words of st. gregory the great but could easily have been a description of pope benedict. he had the awareness of a shepherd that he could not bear alone what, in fact, he could never bear alone and, therefore, he knew how to entrust himself in prayer and care to the people that have been entrusted to him. i think that is a perfectly sums up of the humility of this man and the care with which he made this decision. >> danke benedict, the pope, george, he will be laid to rest in a symbolically powerful place in the grottoes. talk a little about that. what is going to be happening that we will not see and your impressions of this mass of christian burial.

>> chris, i was struck by amidst the obvious grandeur, the noble simplicity of it. this was a much shorter papal funeral mass than that for john paul ii. it reflected, i think, the simplicity of the faith of pope benedict. cardinal meissner, the late archbishop of cologne once said joseph ratzinger had the piety of a child making his or her first holy communion and i think that noble simplicity was obvious in this ceremony today. pope emeritus benedict will be buried in the vatican grottoes in the spot where his predecessor john paul ii was first buried before being moved upstairs in the basilica after

his canonization. so this man who gave 25 years of his life to the service of john paul ii three times requesting to be allowed to retire as prefect of the congregation for the doctrine of the faith, three times being asked by john paul ii to stay with him and three times accepting that burden, that responsibility will now be buried where his great predecessor once rested for several years. it's a beautiful gesture. >> it was a beautiful service and it does raise the question as many have asked and just have a minute left about what is the future of the papacy in terms of retirement? we have a pope now who has his own ailments, what is the word from the vatican and what have we heard from pope francis himself whether this will be one historic moment or the beginning

of something different. >> as recently as a month ago in an interview pope francis revealed that he has written a letter of resignation. he has signed it should he become incapacitated. so he has always said from the first interview that he gave that benedict opened the door to that but that is all he has said. i think in the days to come we will see new rules, if you will, for the office of air retired pope, what will he wear? will he wear white? what will he be called? >> i want to thank all of our guests, i'm chris jansing and want to thank you for joining our special coverage of the funeral of pope benedict. we have our news coverage coming up right after this break.

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