Remains of pope emeritus sealed inside three nested coffins of cypress, zinc, and oak, then lowered into tomb formerly occupied by his predecessor, St. John Paul II

Clergy and lay people converge on the Vatican for extraordinary funeral ceremony for retired pope

The German traditionalist pope, buried Thursday, is often remembered as icy and aloof, but those who knew him say Ratzinger was a warm man who moved Catholic-Jewish ties forward

Up to 100,000 expected to attend as Pope Francis presides over ceremony for deceased former pontiff; small number of heads of state, royal delegations to attend event

Vatican's top envoy calls for priests to hold mass for late former pontiff, who visited holy sites in Israel and the West Bank in 2009

Biographer says 93-year-old is suffering from erysipelas of the face, a virus that causes a facial rash and episodes of severe pain

In new authorized biography, traditionalist emeritus pontiff associates gay marriage with 'the Antichrist' and attacks 'humanist ideologies' as a 'global dictatorship'

Benedict XVI seeks to distance himself from controversial book he supposedly co-authored, supporting ban on married priests as current pope reportedly plans to ease it