Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI dead
Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has died aged 95, a decade after he stood down because of ailing health, Vatican News has announced
Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has died aged 95, a decade after he stood down because of ailing health, Vatican News has announced.
Pope Benedict XVI died at 12:30 pm Kenyan time in his residence at the Vatican’s Mater Ecclesiae Monastery.
A statement from Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said: “With pain, I inform you that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died today at 9:34 [12:30 pm Kenyan time] in the Mater Ecclesia Monastery in the Vatican. Further information will be released as soon as possible.”
On Wednesday, December 28, Pope Francis publicly shared the news about his predecessor’s worsening health and asked people to pray for him.
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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be remembered as the first pope in 600 years to resign.
Benedict XVI led the Catholic Church for less than eight years until, in 2013, he became the first Pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415.
He spent his final years at the Mater Ecclesiae monastery within the walls of the Vatican.
According to the BBC, The Vatican said the body of Pope Emeritus will be placed in St Peter’s Basilica from 2 January for “the greeting of the faithful”.
Plans for Pope Benedict’s funeral will be announced in the next few hours, the Vatican said.
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