Benedict

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Pope Francis defends LGBT rights, Pope Benedict aboard plane – DW – 02/05/2023 1yr
Insomnia drove late Pope Benedict to resign: report 1yr
Opposition to Pope Francis spills into view in wake of Benedict’s death 1yr
Tensions between Popes Francis and Benedict revealed in memoir 1yr
Pope Francis meets Benedict's top aide as memoir rattles Vatican 1yr
Pope meets with Benedict's aide amid funeral, book fallout 1yr
Civil war in the Vatican as Benedict loyalists ‘plan’ to force Pope Francis to resign 1yr
Public now can see Benedict's tomb at St. Peter's Basilica 1yr
Pope Francis forced me out, says Benedict’s papal aide 1yr
Benedict’s Burial Leaves Francis Alone, and Unbound 1yr
Death of Benedict: The end of papal togetherness 1yr
Church Lays Benedict to Rest, if Not Its Divisions 1yr
A Vatican ceremony of pomp but also understated and impersonal – former Pope Benedict’s funeral... 1yr
Some find fault with Francis’ homily for Benedict. 1yr
Pope Francis at Requiem Mass: 'Benedict, may your joy now be complete!' - Vatican News 1yr
Vatican prepares for unprecedented papal funeral 1yr
Donegal woman speaks of 'joy' at Papal funeral reading 1yr
Pope Francis leads funeral of Benedict XVI as tens of thousands gather at Vatican 1yr
‘It was such an honour,’ says Donegal woman who was asked to do reading at Pope Benedict XVI’s... 1yr
 

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Faithful mourn Benedict at funeral led by Pope Francis 1yr
Pope and 50,000 mourners say farewell to Benedict 1yr
Faithful Gather in the Vatican to View Pope Benedict’s Body 1yr
Pope Francis gives Benedict final blessing 1yr
See Pope Francis preside over funeral for Pope Benedict 1yr
In his homily, the pope calls Benedict a ‘faithful friend’ of Jesus. 1yr
Pope Francis leads funeral of Benedict XVI as thousands gather at Vatican 1yr
Pope Benedict's coffin carried into St. Peter's Square for funeral 1yr
Pope Francis to lead Benedict's funeral – DW – 01/05/2023 1yr
Opinion | Putin, Xi and One Dead Pope China Russia 1yr
German cardinal guards Benedict's intellectual legacy Germany 1yr
EXPLAINER: Benedict's funeral to be simple, but with pomp 1yr
Pope Francis to preside over 'simple' Pope Benedict funeral service 1yr
Who will be the next pope? Benedict’s allies plot to replace Francis 1yr
Pope praises Benedict’s ‘acute and gentle thought’ ahead of funeral 1yr
At Benedict's summer home, a town mourns its beloved visitor 1yr
Why the death of Benedict could make it easier for Pope Francis to resign 1yr
New images show Pope Benedict lying in state in the Vatican 1yr
Account of Benedict’s papacy to be sealed in his coffin 1yr
Viktor Orban among thousands more mourners for Pope Benedict 1yr
Hong Kong's Cardinal Zen to attend Benedict's funeral Mass China 1yr
Benedict's admirers keep streaming to Vatican to honor him 1yr
Recalling Benedict’s grace but also the storms of his papacy 1yr
‘I feel like he was a grandfather to us’ – thousands queue up at St Peter’s to pay respects to... 1yr
Benedict’s Death Leaves Catholic Conservatives Bereft 1yr
Benedict aide’s tell-all book will expose ‘dark manoeuvres’ 1yr
Benedict aide's tell-all book will expose 'dark maneuvers' 1yr
Thousands line up to see former pope Benedict's body lying in state 1yr
Deceased Pope Benedict laid out in Sint-Pieter 1yr
Thousands line up for viewing of Benedict's body at Vatican 1yr
Body of former pope Benedict to lie in state at Vatican before funeral 1yr
Benedict: a brilliant theologian and hardline enforcer who shocked the world by abdicating Germany 1yr
Vatican releases pictures of late Pope Benedict lying in state 1yr
Benedict’s funeral to bring ‘two popes’ era to a complicated close 1yr
Aide recounts Benedict’s last words 1yr
Former Pope Benedict XVI asked for forgiveness in a final letter published after his death 1yr
Pope Francis prays for Benedict XVI as Vatican prepares to mourn former pontiff 1yr
Benedict XVI: thousands expected to pay respects to former pope 1yr
Benedict death paves way for protocols to guide future popes 1yr
Pope Francis marks New Year as he mourns 'beloved' Benedict 1yr
Pope holds New Year’s Day Mass as Vatican prepares to mourn Benedict 1yr
Pope Francis to make address after Benedict's death 1yr
Pope Francis prays for Benedict XVI as Vatican prepares to mourn former pontiff 1yr
Pope holds New Year’s Day Mass as Vatican prepares to mourn Benedict 1yr
Pope Francis marks New Year as Vatican prepares to mourn Benedict 1yr
Benedict leaves German homeland with complicated legacy Germany 1yr
Pope marks New Year as Vatican prepares to mourn Benedict 1yr
Though faulted, Benedict turned Vatican around on sex abuse 1yr
Benedict’s 2013 resignation shook a routine Vatican ceremony 1yr
Benedict: A controversial pope, adrift in modern times 1yr
Arrangements begin for Benedict’s funeral. 1yr
With Benedict’s Death, an Unprecedented Moment for the Modern Church 1yr
Pope Francis and world leaders pay tribute to Benedict XVI 1yr
Long before he was pope, the man who became Benedict was a central figure in the church. 1yr
American conservative Catholics mourn Benedict as an unofficial figurehead. US 1yr
Pope Francis pays tribute to 'noble, kind' former pope Benedict 1yr
Former Pope Benedict dies aged 95 - Financial Times 1yr
Benedict was criticized for his leadership of the church’s sex abuse scandal. 1yr
Photos: The life of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 1yr
The significant — and controversial — statements that shaped Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s legac... 1yr
Pope Benedict XVI dies at age of 95 1yr
Wealth of tribute comes for Benedict, who desired simplicity 1yr
Death of former pope Benedict eases way for retirement of Francis 1yr
Benedict's lasting mark on papacy will be his resignation 1yr
Benedict’s resignation sparked calls for retirement protocol 1yr
How Pope Benedict’s death could reshape the Catholic Church 1yr
Former Pope Benedict has died aged 95 1yr
'God's Rottweiler': Benedict shaped Catholic doctrine but faced criticism for handling of sexua... 1yr
Pope Benedict’s Life in Pictures 1yr
Former Pope Benedict has died 1yr
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI dies at 95 1yr
Video: Benedict: Pope for a Church in Crisis 1yr
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI dies at age 95 1yr
Pope Benedict XVI dies: Resignation of 'God's Rottweiler' shocked the world - and he continued... Germany 1yr
Former pope Benedict has died, the Vatican announces 1yr
Former pope Benedict dead at 95 1yr
Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95 1yr
Former Pope Benedict XVI, the first to resign in centuries, dies aged 95 1yr
Vatican: Benedict in stable condition, participated in Mass 1yr
How Benedict, first German pope in centuries, lost sway with the German church Germany 1yr
Former pope Benedict in stable condition, says Vatican 1yr