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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will, on January 5, be laid to rest in the Vatican tomb, in the same spot where predecessor Pope John Paul II was placed before his beatification\u2014the step right before sainthood, during which the Church proclaims that the person is in heaven and able to plead to God on one\u2019s behalf if one prays to him.<\/p>\n

The crypt lies under the Vatican City, at depths varying between 5\u201312 metres below Saint Peter\u2019s Basilica. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni confirmed the site of Benedict\u2019s grave on January 2, the day the former pope\u2019s body laid in state at St. Peter\u2019s Basilica.<\/p>\n

According to information from the Holy See, which is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome, Benedict\u2019s coffin will be carried to the crypt under the central part of St. Peter\u2019s Basilica for burial after his funeral mass on January 5. The tombs in the Vatican crypt are close to the remains of the Catholic Church\u2019s first pope, St. Peter the Apostle.<\/p>\n

St. John Paul II\u2019s tomb was in the crypt from the date of his funeral April 8, 2005, until April 29, 2011, when his casket was moved to the upper part of St. Peter\u2019s Basilica a few days before his beatification ceremony.<\/p>\n

St. John XXIII was also previously buried in the same place, which is fewer than 100 feet from the tomb of St. Peter the Apostle.<\/p>\n

The area is on the north side of the central part of the Vatican crypt. On the wall above the spot, there is an image of the Virgin Mary and the child Jesus flanked by angels.<\/p>\n

The funeral mass will take place at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter\u2019s Square. Attendance is free and requires no reservation. At the end of the mass, there will be the final commendation and valediction\u2014 a formal speech\u2014before Benedict\u2019s coffin is carried to the Vatican crypt for burial.<\/p>\n

The Vatican is yet to release details of the guest list, beyond saying that it will include delegations from Italy and Benedict’s native Germany, but that Benedict\u2019s funeral will be \u201csolemn but simple\u201d, reports say.<\/p>\n

Benedict XVI, who in 2013 became the first pope in 600 years to resign, died on December 31 at the age of 95 in a secluded monastery in the Vatican where he lived since stepping down.<\/p>\n

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