Stock Photo - 05 January 2023, Vatican, Vatikanstadt: Bundestag President Bärbel Bas (l, SPD), Peter Tschentscher (3rd from left, SPD), First Mayor of Hamburg and President of the Bundesrat, Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (4th from left, SPD), Markus Söder (5th from left, CSU), Prime Minister of Bavaria, Friedrich Merz (top r), CDU Federal Chairman and Chairman of the CDUCSU parliamentary group, seated in front right, Georg Gänswein, Archbishop of the Curia and longtime Private Secretary to the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, attend the public funeral Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died Dec. 31, 2022, at the Vatican at the age of 95. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa. - Vatikanstadt/Rome/Vatican