Pope Benedict XVI

Public now can see Benedict’s tomb at St. Peter’s Basilica

The public can now visit the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI in the grottoes under St. Peter’s Basilica. The pontiff was buried on Jan. 5 immediately following a funeral in…

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Maltese Archbishop Scicluna: Benedict XVI was ‘instrumental in tackling clerical sexual abuse’

Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna says Pope Francis continues to build on the progress made under Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s papacy in the Church’s response to clerical abuse cases through many…

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UPDATED: Pope Francis presides over Benedict’s funeral as supporters seek sainthood

Pope Francis presides at funeral of his predecessor Benedict wanted simple funeral, Vatican says Ex-pope was standard-bearer for traditionalist Catholics Pope Benedict to be buried under St. Peter's Basilica VATICAN…

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Guide to the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict on Thursday

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis will preside at a funeral Mass in St. Peter's Square on Thursday for his predecessor former Pope Benedict, who died on Saturday at the…

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Pope Francis praises Benedict as Vatican prepares for funeral

VATICAN CITY, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The Vatican on Wednesday served up a surreal moment in which a living pope spoke to some of the faithful in one part of…

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Crowds view body of former Pope Benedict in St. Peter’s

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, Jan 2 (Reuters) - A steady stream of tens of thousands of people filed into St. Peter's Basilica on Monday to pay their respects to…

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UPDATED: Faithful pay respects to former Pope Benedict in St. Peter’s

VATICAN CITY, Jan 2 (Reuters) - A steady stream of people filed into St. Peter's Basilica on Monday to pay their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI, whose body will…

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Two Popes in the Vatican – sometimes more crowd than company

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - When Pope Benedict shocked the Roman Catholic Church in 2013 by announcing he would resign instead of ruling for life, he promised to stay in the…

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UPDATED: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died, funeral will be held on 5 January

The Vatican has just announced that The 95-year-old Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI passed away on Saturday at 9:34 AM in his residence at the Vatican's Mater Ecclesiae Monastery The Holy…

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Vatican in uncharted territory for former Pope Benedict’s funeral

The funeral of Benedict XVI will be held on Thursday 5 January and will be presided over by Pope Francis, the Vatican has said. The Vatican has confirmed Pope Benedict…

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Archbishop of Canterbury hails Pope Benedict as ‘one of the greatest theologians of his age’

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has hailed Pope Benedict XVI as "one of the greatest theologians of his age". In a statement, he said the former pontiff "saw many profound…

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UPDATED: Ex-Pope Benedict acknowledges faulty testimony in German abuse case

VATICAN CITY, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Former Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged on Monday he had been at a 1980 meeting over a sexual abuse case when archbishop of Munich, saying…

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Ex-Pope Benedict criticised in Munich Church abuse report

Former Pope Benedict XVI failed to take action against clerics in four cases of alleged sexual abuse in his archdiocese when he was Archbishop of Munich, a report found on…

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Former Pope Benedict XVI ‘extremely frail’

Former pope Benedict XVI became seriously ill himself after visiting his sick brother in Germany in June and is "extremely frail", according to a report in the Monday edition of…

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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI turns 93

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI celebrated his 93rd birthday Thursday praying for those affected by the coronavirus, his personal secretary Father Georg Gaenswein told Vatican News. The former pope, who…

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Benedict’s XVI requests former Pope’s name as the co-author of controversial new book

Ansa reports, that Benedict XVI's personal secretary Georg Gänswein told the Italian news agency that he has requested the former pope's name as the co-author of a controversial new book be…

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From Ratzinger to Bergoglio, Scicluna at the forefront of the fight on Child Abuse

The Catholic News Agency (Italian edition) reports that Archbishop Scicluna stands out as one of the clergymen who are fighting in the forefront to stem the scandal of child abuse.…

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