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Dec 31, 2022 · Last modified on Sat 7 Jan 2023 08.20 EST. Pope Benedict XVI, who served as leader of the Catholic church from 2005 until his resignation in 2013, died on Saturday aged 95, three days after his ...
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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 · Former Pope Benedict XVI, who will forever be remembered as the first pontiff in 600 years to resign from the job, dies at 95. By Henry Chu Deputy News Editor . Dec. 31, 2022 1:52 AM PT .
On April 18, 2005, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected the 264th successor of Saint Peter and chose the name Benedict XVI. His papacy testifies to both a scholarly churchman, having extensively studied theology and philosophy, and pastoral sensitivity. When elected pope at age 78, he didn't anticipate traveling the globe given his age and ...
Learn about the life, teachings and legacy of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, on the official Vatican website.
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 ...
Dec 31, 2022 · Pope Benedict XVI, the first pope in 600 years to retire, has died. He was 95. The German pontiff had lived at the Vatican since his surprise retirement in 2013. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli is in Rome ...
