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Dec 31, 2022 · Vatican announces pope emeritus to lie in state in St Peter’s Basilica from Monday before Thursday’s funeral
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Dec 31, 2023 · Tributes are being paid on the first anniversary of the death of Pope Benedict XVI. Pope Francis has praised Benedict's love and wisdom in guiding the church, and Benedict's private secretary expressed hope he might one day be declared a saint.
Apr 19, 2005 · Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) was born on 16 April 1927 in Marktl am Inn, Germany. His father, a police officer, came from a traditional family of farmers from Lower Bavaria. He spent his adolescent years in Traunstein, a small town on the Austrian border. It was in this context, which Pope Benedict XVI himself has described as ...
Apr 3, 2014 · Benedict XVI served as pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013. He is best known for his rigid views on Catholicism and topics such as birth control and homosexuality, and for being ...
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who tried to reawaken Christianity in a secularized Europe but will be remembered as first pope in 600 years to resign, has died.
Dec 31, 2022 · Former Pope Benedict, hero to Catholic conservatives, dies. VATICAN CITY, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Former Pope Benedict, the first pontiff in 600 years to resign and a standard bearer for conservatives ...
Dec 31, 2022 · VATICAN CITY, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Following are some facts about former Pope Benedict, who died on Saturday: - Benedict, the first German pope in 1,000 years, was elected on April 19, 2005 to ...
