In Photos: Funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

The coffin of former Pope Benedict is carried during his funeral, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Jan. 5, 2023. 

Pope Francis looks on as the coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is carried for a funeral Mass in St. Perter's Square at the Vatican, Jan. 5, 2023.

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re blesses the coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Jan. 5, 2023.

Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, right, kisses the Book of the Gospels on top of former Pope Benedict's coffin during his funeral, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Jan. 5, 2023. 

Archbishop Georg Ganswein, right, places the Book of the Gospels on top of the coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Jan. 5, 2023.

Faithful attend the funeral mass for late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Jan. 5, 2023.

Faithful hold a banner that reads 'Saint now', during the funeral of former Pope Benedict, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Jan. 5, 2023.

Pope Francis leads a funeral mass of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Jan. 5, 2023.

People attend the funeral of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Jan. 5, 2023.

Faithful attend the funeral mass for late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Jan. 5, 2023.

Pope Francis, center, watches as Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, center right, blesses the coffin of late Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Jan. 5, 2023.

Pope Francis, center, presides over the funeral of late Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Jan. 5, 2023.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, center, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, 3rd right, attend the funeral of late Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Jan. 5, 2023.

Members of the church attend the funeral mass for late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Jan. 5, 2023.

Belgian King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, center, attend the funeral of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Jan. 5, 2023.

Pope Francis is pushed away on a wheelchair while the coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is carried away after a funeral mass in St. Peter's Square, Jan. 5, 2023.

Pope Francis touches the coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict before it is carried away after a funeral mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Jan. 5, 2023.

The coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is carried after a funeral mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Jan. 5, 2023.