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Services are planned in Minnesota to memorialize Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, 

The Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis will offer prayers beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday during Solemn Vespers. It also plans a Requiem Mass at noon on Thursday, the same day as Benedict’s funeral at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City. 

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis also plans to hold a memorial mass for Benedict, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. 

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Archbishop Bernard Hebda said he was at the Vatican when then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elevated to pope. 

"I had already personally experienced his exceptional kindness and had long admired his world-class intellect but my love and respect for him grew as the world came to know him as a humble and selfless shepherd, with a unique gift for proclaiming the truth with love," said Archbishop Bernard Hebda in a statement. 

Benedict named Hebda to serve as a diocesan bishop in 2009. 

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Memorial masses are planned in Minneapolis and St. Paul to honor Benedict, who died Saturday morning. 

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