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Dec 31, 2022 · FILE - Pope Benedict XVI attends his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2005. He was the reluctant pope, a shy bookworm who preferred solitary walks in the Alps and Mozart piano concertos to the public glare and majesty of Vatican pageantry.
Dec 31, 2022 · Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was the first pontiff in 600 years to resign; The Vatican says his body will lie in state in St Peter's Basilica, with his funeral to be held on January 5;
Dec 31, 2022 · His Holiness Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who has died aged 95, was John Paul II ’s right-hand man, chosen by the College of Cardinals on April 19 2005 to succeed him after his 26-year reign. He ...
Dec 31, 2022 · When Benedict XVI resigned in 2013 citing old age, he became the first Pope in 600 years to step down from the role. Born Joseph Ratzinger, the German cardinal was elected in April 2005 and chose ...
The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI took effect on 28 February 2013 at 20:00 CET, following his announcement of it on 11 February. [1] [2] [3] It made him the first pope to relinquish the office [note 1] since Gregory XII was forced to resign in 1415 [4] to end the Western Schism, and the first pope to voluntarily resign since Celestine V in 1294.
Dec 31, 2022 · Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a leading theologian of the 20th century and the first pope to resign from office in nearly 600 years, has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced. CNA is a ...
Feb 22, 2007 · (3) Benedict XVI, Address to Participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (10 February 2006): AAS 98 (2006), 255. (4) Benedict XVI, Address to the Members of the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops (1 June 2006): L'Osservatore Romano, 2 June 2006, p. 5.
