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On 11 February 2013, the World Day of the Sick, a Vatican holy day, Pope Benedict XVI announced his intention to resign at the Apostolic Palace in the Sala del Concistoro, at an early morning gathering held to announce the date of the canonisation of 800 Catholic martyrs.
Nov 28, 2013 · Benedict XVI shocked the world in February when he became the first pope to resign in almost 600 years. But attention shifted quickly to the succession, and the election of the new Pope,...
Dec 31, 2022 · Benedict XVI, First Modern Pope to Resign, Dies at 95. He defined a conservative course for the Roman Catholic Church, but his papacy was noted for his struggle with the clergy sexual abuse...
Dec 31, 2022 · Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has died, aged 95, almost a decade after his resignation as head of the Catholic Church. The German Cardinal — whose birth name is Joseph Ratzinger — was elected as ...
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...
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Dec 31, 2022 · Pope Benedict XVI, the first pope in nearly 600 years to resign as the head of the Catholic Church, died Saturday. Benedict, who was previously known as Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, was 95. His...
Dec 31, 2022 · Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the German theologian who will be remembered as the first pope in 600 years to resign, has died, the Vatican announced Saturday Dec. 31, 2022. He was 95. (AP Photo, File)
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