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Pope Francis leads ex-pope Benedict XVI's funeral mass, as a choir in St Peter's Square sings prayers for the first pontiff to have resigned since the Middle Ages. Francis prays in front of Benedict's plain, cypress wood coffin, which lies at the head of the Vatican square packed with foreign dignitaries, cardinals, bishops, priests and believers from around the world. IMAGES
Bratislava, Sep 12 (EFE / EPA) .- Pope Francis arrived Sunday at the Bratislava airport with hundreds of faithful awaiting his arrival in the country, where he scheduled a three-day official visit (Camera: CHRISTIAN BRUNA) .SHOT LIST: THE ARRIVAL OF POPE FRANCIS AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OF BRATISLAVA THE FAITHFUL WAITING FOR HIS ARRIVAL, SECURITY MEASURES AND THE MEMBERS OF THE GUARD OF HONOR WAITING FOR THE PONTIFF.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives at the Vatican to meet Pope Francis, who on Saturday said he was suffering from bronchitis. IMAGES
Images show Pope Francis stepping onto the balcony of St.Peter's Basilica at the Vatican to deliver his annual Christmas Day "Urbi and Orbi" mass. During his speech, he called for an end to "to every war, to the very mindset of war, an aimless voyage, a defeat without victors, an inexcusable folly". IMAGES
Recently recovered from a bout of ill-health, Pope Francis marks the feast of the Immaculate Conception with a ceremony on the Piazza di Spagna in central Rome, where he is greeted by a substantial crowd of well-wishers and worshippers. The 86-year-old Argentine pontiff offers a prayer to the Virgin Mary in front of the statue of the Mother of God near the Spanish Steps, an annual tradition on what is a bank holiday in largely Catholic Italy. IMAGES
Pope Francis is greeted by Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron at Marseille airport, from where he will take off to return to the Vatican, after a visit to France's second city that was largely dominated by condemnation of the fate of migrants. IMAGES
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