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.

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