Tag: Benedict XVI

• Tuesday, January 3rd 2023 - 09:02 UTC

  Faithful pay their last respects to Pope Benedict XVI

  

  The body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has been set on display at St. Peter's Basilica for the faithful to pay their tribute to Pope Francis' predecessor until Wednesday.

• Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 09:51 UTC

  Pope Benedict XVI, “extremely frail” according to German media

  

  Former pope Benedict XVI became seriously ill himself after visiting his sick brother in Germany in June and is “extremely frail”, according to a report in the Monday edition of the German Passauer Neue Presse newspaper.

• Wednesday, January 15th 2020 - 09:16 UTC

  Benedict trying to distance himself from a controversial book with passages on celibacy

  

  Retired former pope Benedict XVI sought to calm a dispute within the Vatican on Tuesday, claiming his name was erroneously attributed as co-author to a new book with a conservative cardinal.