In a St. Peter’s Square full of people who were coming to pay their last respects to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, we asked what the figure of this pontiff meant to their lives. Here are the answers:
First reactions and comments to the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Square
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