Pope Benedict XVI laid to rest as 50,000 pay respects in St Peter’s Square

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National leaders and royals among those gathered to see Pope Francis bury his predecessor

The former pope Benedict XVI has been laid to rest after a funeral in a mist-filled St Peter’s Square attended by an estimated 50,000 Catholics.

Benedict died on Saturday, aged 95, almost a decade after becoming the first pope in 600 years to resign.

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