Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - With two pontifical requiems in the diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart on Wednesday, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. been reminded. In Stuttgart Bishop Gebhard Fürst paid tribute to the services, in Rottenburg this was done by Auxiliary Bishop Thomas-Maria Renz.
Benedict will be buried in Rome on Thursday. Pope Francis wants to hold a big funeral service with tens of thousands of people in front of St. Peter's Basilica. Benedict will then be buried in the former tomb of his predecessor John Paul II in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica. The German theologian, whose real name was Joseph Ratzinger, died on Saturday morning at the age of 95.
