Former pope Benedict dead at 95 | 24CA News

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Published 31.12.2022
Former pope Benedict dead at 95 | 24CA News
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Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, who stepped down as chief of the Catholic Church in 2013, has died. He was 95.

Benedict, who was pope between 2005 and 2013, had been ‘very sick’ in latest days

A man with white hair and dressed in cream-coloured robes and a hat, with a gold cross around his neck, raises his right arm.
Pope Benedict XVI has died on the age of 95. Here, he’s pictured throughout his weekly common viewers in St. Peter’s Square on the Vatican on April 26, 2006. (Tony Gentile/Reuters)

Former pope Benedict XVI has died on the age of 95, the Vatican introduced on Saturday.

Benedict was pope from April 2005 till his shock resignation in February 2013.

On Wednesday, Pope Francis mentioned Benedict was “very sick” and requested Catholic Church members to hope for him.

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