"With sorrow I inform that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today at 9:34 a.m. in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican," reported the Holy See's Press Office director, Matteo Bruni, also announcing that from the morning of Monday, January 2, Joseph Ratzinger's body will be in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican for the faithful to bid farewell.

"Going along with the desire of the Pope Emeritus, his funeral will be held under the sign of simplicity. They will be solemn but sober," the Vatican spokesman said. "The explicit request on the part of the Pope Emeritus is that everything be under the banner of simplicity, regarding the funeral, the rites, the gestures of this time of sorrow."

Benedict XVI's inaugural homily (Rome, April 24, 2005)

Benedict XVI's last Audience (Rome, February 27, 2013)#BenedictXVI