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Bookmark or Share- Pope Benedict XVI - WikipediaPope Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus PP. XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger, German: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈʔaːlɔɪ̯s ˈʁat͡sɪŋɐ]; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013.
- Benedict XVI, reluctant pope who chose to retire, dies at 95Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was a reluctant pope who never wanted to be pontiff. So it should have come as little surprise that with a few words uttered in Latin on a Vatican holiday in 2013, Benedict ended it all.
- Benedict XVI | Biography, Pope, Papacy, Resignation, Legacy ...Benedict XVI was bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013. His papacy faced several challenges, including the effects of the scandal beginning in the late 1990s surrounding the church’s handling of sexual abuse by priests.
- Benedict XVI, Pope Emeritus, has died | AP NewsPope 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.
- Death and funeral of Pope Benedict XVI - WikipediaOn 31 December 2022, at 09:34 Central European Time (UTC+1), former Pope Benedict XVI died at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in Vatican City at the age of 95. He had been pope emeritus since his resignation as the leader of the Catholic Church in 2013 due to declining health.
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