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Public Now Can See Benedict's Tomb at St. Peter's Basilica
The Vatican is allowing the public to visit the new tomb of Pope Benedict XVI under St. Peter’s Basilica.
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Biden Pays Respects to Benedict XVI at Vatican Embassy in Washington: ‘It's a Great Honor'
President Joe Biden has paid his respects to the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at the Vatican embassy in Washington.
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Pope Benedict Funeral Held in Vatican City
The funeral for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was held in Vatican City on Thursday
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Faithful Mourn Benedict XVI at Funeral Presided Over by Pope
Pope Francis joined tens of thousands of faithful in bidding farewell to Benedict XVI at a rare requiem Mass Thursday for a dead pope presided over by a living one, ending an unprecedented decade for the Catholic Church that was triggered by the German theologian’s decision to retire.
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Pope Benedict to Be Buried With Account of Papacy
The Vatican says a written account of the history-making papacy of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be placed alongside his body in his coffin for burial Wednesday.
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‘Dark Maneuvers': Benedict's Personal Secretary to Release Tell-All Book
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s longtime personal secretary has written a tell-all book that is coming out this month.
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More Than 60,000 View Benedict XVI's Body at Vatican
Tens of thousands of people have filed by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s body as it lies in state in St. Peter’s Basilica. Many of the first viewers on Monday were tourists, pilgrims or Romans who lined up near St. Peter’s Square before dawn. The Vatican said that by the time the first day’s viewing had ended Monday evening, some 65,000...
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Benedict's 2013 Resignation Shook a Routine Vatican Ceremony
The reporter who was covering a routine ceremony by Pope Benedict XVI on Feb. 11, 2013, never expected what unfolded, or that her high school Latin would give her the scoop of a lifetime. Giovanna Chirri of the authoritative ANSA news agency was in a Vatican press room watching the event on closed-circuit TV when Benedict said calmly and in...
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Wealth of Tributes Comes for Benedict, Who Desired Simplicity
A wealth of tributes poured in from around the world within minutes of the Vatican’s announcement of the death of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI.
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Pope Benedict XVI Dead at 95
The former Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, has died at the age of 95.
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Pope Emeritus Benedict is Lucid and Stable, But in ‘Serious' Condition, Vatican Says
A statement from a Vatican spokesman said Pope Francis asked for continued prayers “to accompany him in these difficult hours.”