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Weekend: Pope Benedict to lie in the Vatican for five days

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Pope Benedict to lie in the Vatican for five days

01/01/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Pope Benedict to lie in the Vatican for five days

Public to view the late pontiff's body at the Vatican from Monday to pay their respects.

President Biden and Pope Francis have led tributes to Pope Benedict the Sixteenth who's died aged ninety-five. Also on the programme, China is now dealing with a surge in Covid infections, having decided on a swift opening. And, marking 250 years since the hymn, Amazing Grace, was first written

 Joining Paul Henly to discuss this and more are Sarah Wheaton, chief policy correspondent for the Politico Europe news website, and Paula Erizanu, a Moldovan freelance journalist. 

(Photo: People mourn the death of former Pope Benedict in Rome 31/12/2022 Reuters)

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