RI Catholics Honor Retiring Pope with Mass

A noon mass on Thursday marked the final day of Pope Benedict XVI.  It was held at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul.

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Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul

Hundreds attended the mass, nearly filling the church, to pray for the now-retired Pope.

Bishop Thomas Tobin of the Providence Diocese called Benedict a “pilgrim, prophet and bridge builder.” Tobin recalled meeting Benedict at the Vatican in 2011 and upon telling the pope where he was from, Benedict commenting that Providence was a beautiful name for a diocese.

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