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Dec 31, 2022 · Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who was born Joseph Alois Ratzinger, has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced. His death on Saturday came days after Pope Francis had asked for prayers for his ...
Dec 31, 2022 · Pope Benedict XVI has died aged 95, the Vatican says. He succeeded John Paul II as Pope in 2005, but stepped down in 2013 citing his advanced age. He was the first pope in nearly 600 years to ...
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 · 3:45. Benedict XVI, who led the Roman Catholic Church through a period of transformation, controversy and scandal before becoming the first pontiff in 600 years to resign, has died. He was 95 ...
Dec 31, 2022 · Former Pope Benedict XVI, who will forever be remembered as the first pontiff in 600 years to resign from the job, dies at 95. Benedict XVI, the former pope who spent years in the Vatican ...
Dec 31, 2022 · Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI has died. He was 95. Born Joseph Ratzinger in Bavaria, he oversaw a church in crisis and then became the first pontiff to step down since the 15th century.
The third pope to bear the same name as his immediate predecessor. Last pope to have been born outside Europe until the election of Francis in 2013. 91 3 December 741 – 22 March 752 (10 years, 110 days) St Zachary ZACHARIAS: Zacharias c. 679 Sancta Severina, Calabria, Eastern Roman Empire 62 / 73 (Eastern) Roman citizen. Was of Greek ethnicity.
