Some 200,000 turn out over three days to view Benedict’s body
Vatican City AP Pope Francis praised Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s “acute and gentle thought” during a Wednesday general audience in the Vatican, as tens of thousands of admirers of the retired pontiff filed by his body lying in state in Peter’s Basilica on the final day of viewing. By the time the basilica’s doors were […]
Benedict aide’s tell-all book will expose “dark maneuvers”
Vatican CityAP Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s longtime personal secretary has written a tell-all book that his publisher on Monday promised would tell the truth about the “blatant calumnies,” “dark maneuvers,” mysteries and scandals that sullied the reputation of a pontiff best known for his historic resignation. Archbishop Georg Gaenswein’s Nothing but the Truth: My Life […]
Essay: Pope Benedict XVI – A man at odds with the modern world who leaves a legacy of intellectual brilliance and controversy
In an article first published on The Conversation, MATHEW SCHMALZ, professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross in the US, examines Pope Benedict XVI’s legacy…
Papal passing: Benedict’s death paves way for protocols to guide future popes
NICOLE WINFIELD, of Associated Press, reports on the Vatican response to Pope Emeritus Benedict’s XVI’s death…
Death of former Pope Benedict overshadows New Year at Vatican
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis marked the Roman Catholic Church’s traditional World Day of Peace on Sunday but the start of the new year at the Vatican was overshadowed by the death of his predecessor, Benedict. Francis presided at a Mass in St Peter’s Basilica as the body of Benedict, who died on Saturday at the […]
Believers gather at Bavarian pilgrimage town to mourn former Pope
Altoetting, GermanyAP Mourners lined up quietly in the gold-adorned Collegiate Church of Altoetting in Pope Benedict XVI’s Bavarian homeland to pay condolences to one of this German region’s most famous sons, who died on Saturday. Parents held their children’s hands tightly, older couples and nuns looked on in sorrow as they waited for their turn to […]
Quick facts – Former Pope Benedict to have simple funeral after lying in state
Vatican CityReuters The body of former Pope Benedict XVI, who died on Saturday, will lie in state in St Peter’s Basilica on Monday and remain there for three days before his funeral, which is set for 5th January. Here are the initial details of the ceremonies, as outlined in a Vatican statement. Lying in stateUntil […]
Papal legacy: In US, sharply contrasting views on Benedict XVI
DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, reports…
Former Pope Benedict, hero to Catholic conservatives, dies
Vatican CityReuters Former Pope Benedict, the first pontiff in 600 years to resign and a standard bearer for conservatives who yearned for a more traditional Church, died on Saturday, ending an extraordinary period in which two men wearing white lived in the Vatican. Benedict, 95, died in a former monastery where he had lived since […]
Vatican: Benedict in stable condition, participated in Mass
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was in stable condition Friday after suffering a decline in his health and participated in a private Mass in his room, the Vatican said, as the faithful in Rome honoured “this last stretch of his pilgrimage”. The Vatican provided a new medical bulletin Friday afternoon saying Benedict had been […]