PHOTO Faithful mourn Benedict XVI at funeral

Pope Francis, center, attends a funeral mass next to the coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Thursday. Benedict died at 95 on Dec. 31 in the monastery on the Vatican grounds where he had spent nearly all of his decade in retirement. AP-Yonhap

Pope Francis touches the coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI before it is carried away after a funeral mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Thursday. AP-Yonhap

Pope Francis presides over the funeral ceremonies of former Pope Benedict in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Thursday. Reuters-Yonhap

Cardinals arrive in procession ahead of the funeral mass for late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Thursday. AP-Yonhap

A guard stands as the fog covers the St. Peter's Basilica Dome in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Thursday. AP-Yonhap

Members of the church attend the funeral mass for late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Thursday. AP-Yonhap

A woman holds a cross as she waits the funeral mass for late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Thursday. AP-Yonhap

Faithfuls in Saint Peter's Square to attend the funeral ceremony of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger), in Vatican City, Thursday. EPA-Yonhap

Faithful attend the funeral mass for late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Thursday. AP-Yonhap

General view during the funeral ceremony of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger) in Saint Peter's Square, in Vatican City, Thursday. EPA-Yonhap

People wait to pay respect to late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Wednesday. EPA-Yonhap

The body of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lied out in state inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday. AP-Yonhap