Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was chosen to succeed Pope John Paul II in 2005 — a selection many observers at the time ... Pope Benedict XVI on April 19, 2005, two weeks after the death of John ...

Benedict XVI left instructions regarding his material inheritance, for which he had appointed him, Gänswein, as executor. The ex-pope updated these instructions several times, the last time in ...

America published a number of articles commemorating the life and passing of Benedict XVI, the first pope to abdicate the ... wisdom and courage.” At the time of his resignation, Benedict ...

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The late Pope Benedict XVI can ... death. Rather it marks a period where we eagerly await his waking up from a “divine sleep,” as Ratzinger puts it, comparing it to the time Christ slept ...

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Benedict was praised for being the first pope to meet victims of abuse by members of the clergy. He died on Saturday at age 95.

Pope Benedict XVI, the first pope in nearly 600 years to resign as the head of the Catholic Church, died Saturday. Benedict, who was previously known as Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, was 95.

Rome — Benedict XVI, the pope who shocked the world by stepping down from the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church in 2013, has died at the age of 95. The Vatican announced his death on Saturday.

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Pope Benedict XVI listens to a speech during his welcome ceremony at the airport in Silao, Mexico, March 23, 2012. Gregorio Borgia/AP, FILE Many Catholics loved and respected him until his death.