Benedict Xvi

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  Pope Francis Faces "Civil War" In Vatican After Predecessor Benedict Dies

  From his reforms to his foreign relations, criticism of Pope Francis has intensified since the death of his predecessor Benedict XVI

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  New Memoir Details Rocky Relations Between Pope Francis And Benedict XVI

  Just one week after the funeral of Benedict XVI, his closest aide released a much-trailed memoir Thursday, revealing details of tensions between the late pope emeritus and his more liberal successor Pope Francis.

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  Pope Francis To Lead Pope Benedict's Funeral In Vatican City

  Pope Francis will preside Thursday over the funeral of his predecessor Benedict XVI at the Vatican, an unprecedented event in modern times expected to draw tens of thousands of people.

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  Tens Of Thousands Pay Respects To Former Pope Benedict At Vatican

  Tens of thousands of people paid their respects on Monday to former pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, at the start of three days of lying-in-state in St Peter's Basilica before his funeral.

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  Ex-Pope Benedict To Lie In State At Vatican, Funeral On Thursday

  Catholics will on Monday be able to pay their tributes in the Vatican to former pope Benedict XVI, whose body will lie in state for three days at St Peter's Basilica before his funeral.

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  Pope Benedict Dies At The Age Of 95: 5 Points On His Papacy

  Pope Benedict the Sixteenth died Saturday at the age of 95, the Vatican announced, almost a decade after he became the first pontiff to resign in six centuries.

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  Former Pope Benedict XVI's Mixed Legacy On Child Sex Abuse

  Benedict XVI was the first pope to confront the scourge of clerical sex abuse in the Catholic church, but only after a career in which he himself was accused of covering it up.

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  Former Pope Benedict XVI Dies At 95: Vatican

  Former pope Benedict XVI, who in 2013 became the first pontiff to resign as head of the Catholic Church since the Middle Ages, died on Saturday aged 95, the Vatican announced.

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  Who Was Benedict XVI, The First Pope To Resign In 600 Years

  Former Pope Benedict, who died on Saturday aged 95, was the first pontiff in 600 years to resign, leaving behind a Catholic Church battered by sexual abuse scandals, mired in mismanagement and polarised between conservatives and progressives.

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  Ex-Pope Benedict Seeks Forgiveness Over Abuse Scandal

  Ex-pope Benedict XVI asked for forgiveness Tuesday for clerical child sex abuse committed on his watch, but aides rejected allegations of a cover-up while he was archbishop of Munich.

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  Probe Finds Ex-Pope Benedict Failed To Act In German Abuse Cases

  Former pope Benedict XVI knowingly failed to take action to stop four priests accused of child sex abuse in Munich in the 1980s, according to a damning independent report published Thursday that risks shattering the ex-pontiff's reputation.

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  Ex-Pope Benedict Under Scrutiny In German Probe Into Child Sex Abuse

  A potentially explosive report into the handling of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church will on Thursday be published in Germany, with former pope Benedict XVI among those in the spotlight.

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  Pope Francis, Ex-Pope Benedict Get Virus Vaccines: Vatican

  Both Pope Francis and his predecessor, former pope Benedict XVI, have received the coronavirus vaccine, the Vatican said on Thursday.

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  Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Becomes Oldest Pope In History

  At the age of 93 and nearly five months, Benedict XVI officially became the oldest pope in history on Friday, even if the record is complicated by the fact that he stepped down in 2013 and holds the status of "pope emeritus".

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  Former Pope Benedict Says He Is Ready For Final "Pilgrimage"

  Pope emeritus Benedict XVI hinted Wednesday that he is nearing death and is ready for his final "pilgrimage" at the age of 90.