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Benedict XVI

Faithful visit the tomb of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI inside the grottos of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, January 8, 2023. (Gregorio Borgia/AP)
January 8, 2023, 12:44 pm
Public now can see Benedict’s tomb at St. Peter’s Basilica
Remains of pope emeritus sealed inside three nested coffins of cypress, zinc, and oak, then lowered into tomb formerly occupied by his predecessor, St. John Paul II
By AP
Faithful attend the funeral mass for late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, January 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
January 6, 2023, 10:26 am
Mosaic of mourners bids farewell to Benedict XVI
Clergy and lay people converge on the Vatican at extraordinary funeral ceremony for retired pope
By AP
File: In this May 28, 2006 photo, then-pope Benedict XVI walks through the gate of the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher, File)
January 6, 2023, 9:53 am
Despite some missteps, Benedict XVI was a committed friend to the Jews
The German traditionalist pope, buried Thursday, is often remembered as icy and aloof, but those who knew him say Ratzinger was a warm man who moved Catholic-Jewish ties forward
By Lazar Berman
The coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is brought to St. Peter's Square for a funeral mass at the Vatican, January 5, 2023. (Ben Curtis/AP)
January 5, 2023, 11:18 am
Thousands pour into St. Peter’s Square for funeral of Benedict XVI
Pope Francis presides over Vatican ceremony for deceased former pontiff; small number of heads of state, royal delegations join service
By Nicole Winfield, Giada Zampano and Frances D'Emilio
The body of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI laid out in state inside St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican, January 2, 2023. (Andrew Medichini/AP)
January 2, 2023, 11:30 am
Catholics pay tribute to ex-pope Benedict at lying-in-state
Members of the public will have three days to see former pontiff in St. Peter’s Basilica at Vatican before he is moved to tombs below; ‘simple’ funeral planned
By Clement Melki
A photograph of late former Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is seen during a Rosary prayer in the Catholic St Oswald church in his birth town Marktl am Inn, southern Germany, on January 1, 2023, the day after his death (KERSTIN JOENSSON / AFP)
January 2, 2023, 7:00 am
Body of ex-pope Benedict to lie in state at Vatican
Successor Pope Francis will lead funeral on Thursday in St Peter’s Square, before remains are laid to rest in the tombs beneath St Peter’s Basilica
By AFP
File: Then-pope Benedict XVI prays in front of the Stone of Anointing, where Christians believe the body of Jesus was washed before his burial, at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem, May 15, 2009. (YANNIS BEHRAKIS/POOL/AFP)
January 1, 2023, 5:11 pm
Jerusalem’s church bells ring as city’s Catholics grieve late ex-pope Benedict
Vatican’s top envoy calls for priests to hold mass for late former pontiff, who visited holy sites in Israel and the West Bank in 2009
By AFP and ToI Staff
FILE - In this May 12, 2009 file photo, Pope Benedict XVI places a note in the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City. (AP Photo/David Silverman, Pool)
January 1, 2023, 1:38 pm
Daily Briefing Jan 1: Benedict XVI’s legacy for Jews & PM Netanyahu’s new government
Lazar Berman on Friday’s UN General Assembly vote, president’s annual interfaith event; Carrie Keller-Lynn on what’s precedent-setting in Israel’s 37th government
By ToI Staff
Pope Francis, left, embraces Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, at the Vatican, June 28, 2017. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)
December 31, 2022, 9:49 pm
Pope Francis to lead ‘solemn but simple’ funeral for ex-pontiff Benedict
Burial on Thursday morning to be first in modern history where sitting pope leads procession for predecessor
By Ella Ide
Pope Benedict XVI stands with then-president Shimon Peres, right, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after arriving at an official welcoming ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer, file)
December 31, 2022, 7:46 pm
Netanyahu offers condolences for death of ex-pope Benedict, recounts Israel visit
PM had greeted the pontiff ahead of his five-day visit in 2009: ‘We will remember him as a true friend of the State of Israel and the Jewish people’
By ToI Staff
File: In this May 28, 2006 photo, then-pope Benedict XVI walks through the gate of the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher, File)
December 31, 2022, 12:19 pm
Former pope Benedict XVI, the first pontiff to resign in 600 years, dies at 95
Catholic leader who spectacularly stepped down in 2013, dies at Vatican; former member of Hitler Youth decried horrors of Holocaust but pushed for beatification of Pope Pius XII
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI arrives for his departure at Munich Airport in Freising, Germany, June 22, 2020. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP, file)
December 28, 2022, 12:59 pm
Pope Francis asks for special prayers for ‘very sick’ predecessor Benedict XVI
Vatican cites ‘worsening’ condition of 95-year-old pope emeritus, who has become increasingly frail as he dedicates post-papacy life to prayer, meditation
By Frances D'Emilio
This photo taken on June 22, 2020, shows former pope Benedict XVI at the airport in Munich, southern Germany, after visiting his brother. (Sven Hoppe / POOL / AFP)
January 20, 2022, 3:07 pm
Retired pope accused of failing to act against priests accused of sexual abuse
Long-awaited report on German diocese finds that while serving as archbishop, future pontiff Benedict XVI took steps over which he can be ‘accused of misconduct’
By Geir Moulson
In this April 1, 2021 file photo, Pope Francis celebrates a Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican. During the Mass the Pontiff blesses a token amount of oil that will be used to administer the sacraments for the year. Pope Francis cracked down on the spread of the old Latin Mass on Friday, July 16, 2021, reversing one of Pope Benedict XVI's signature decisions in a major challenge to traditionalist Catholics. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
July 19, 2021, 5:59 am
Pope Francis restricts Latin Mass that calls for the conversion of the Jews
Decision walks back earlier decree by Pope Benedict XVI
By Ben Sales
This photo taken on June 22, 2020, shows former pope Benedict XVI at the airport in Munich, southern Germany, after visiting his brother. (Sven Hoppe / POOL / AFP)
August 3, 2020, 10:47 am
Former pope Benedict XVI said to be ‘extremely frail’
Biographer says 93-year-old is suffering from erysipelas of the face, a virus that causes a facial rash and episodes of severe pain
By AFP
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