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The Vatican said his body would lie in state from Monday in St Peter's Basilica. Pope Francis will preside over the funeral, which will take place in the huge square in front of the basilica.
Benedict, the first German pope in 1,000 years, had good relations with his successor, Pope Francis, but his continued presence inside the Vatican after he stepped down in 2013 further polarised the Church ideologically.
The Vatican statement said Benedict was receiving constant medical attention and his condition was under control.
The Pope, celebrating the 10th Christmas of his pontificate, presided at a solemn Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.
Members of laity obstructed priests celebrating holy mass; expletives hurled inside church.
Together with evidence that a cardinal secretly recorded Pope Francis, they confirmed that a trial originally aimed at highlighting Francis' financial reforms has become a Pandora's Box of unintended revelations about Vatican vendettas and scheming.
They also wanted the Cardinal to take suitable steps to reopen the St Mary’s Cathedral Basilica at Ernakulam, which is the headquarters of the archdiocese, after the police ordered its closure over last Sunday's tense situation.
The issue started when devotees opposing the unified mass locked the gate of the basilica from the inside.
A Vatican source said China declined an 'expression of availability' saying Xi had no free time.
During the first term of the Pinarayi Government, the Ministers submitted bills to the tune of Rs 49.23 lakh under air travel expenditure.