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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 · Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the shy German theologian who tried to reawaken Christianity in a secularized Europe but will forever be remembered as the first pontiff in 600 years to resign from the ...
Dec 31, 2022 · The funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be held on Thursday in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican City at 9:30 a.m. local time, Bruni said. The funeral will be led by Pope Francis.
Dec 31, 2022 · CNN —. Former Pope Benedict XVI, who died Saturday in a monastery in the Vatican at the age of 95, asked for forgiveness for those he has “wronged” in the spiritual testament published ...
Dec 31, 2022 · Germany's Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, appears at the window of St. Peter's Basilica main balcony after being elected as the 265th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, on April 19, 2005, in ...
Pope Benedict XVI ( Latin: Benedictus PP. XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI, born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was a Pope of the Catholic Church. He served as the 265th Pope from 2005 to 2013. In that position, he was both the leader of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Vatican City State.
Dec 31, 2022 · Benedict was the longest-living pope, having surpa ssed Pope Leo XIII in September 2020. “With sorrow I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today at 9:34 in the Mater ...
