In the chapel where they prayed together, Benedict offered Francis the traditional kneeler used by the pope.

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The two used a different kneeler in the pews and prayed together, side-by-side.

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He genuflected and sank onto a kneeler six pews back from Christ in the tabernacle and noticed off to his right Brother McKeon saying his Rosary.

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During Mass, at the point when the Gospel recounts the moment of Jesus' death, many faithful knelt on hard cobblestones paving the square, and Francis knelt on a wooden kneeler.

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