BREAKING: Former head of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, has died at the age of 95.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI arriving in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican to attend the beatification ceremony of Pope Paul VI, on October 19, 2014 The Vatican said in a statement this morning: ‘With sorrow I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican.Reports about the deterioration in the ex-pontiff’s health sent shockwaves across the world this week.
Cardinals across the world, including Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, had also urged people to join them in prayers in these difficult hours.But in 2020, the Vatican confirmed he had suffered from a ‘painful but not serious condition’. Pope Francis greeting Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI following a consistory to create 13 new cardinals, on November 28, 2020 Vatican spokesperson, Matteo Bruni, had issued a statement on Thursday morning confirming Benedict’s condition had worsened ‘in the last few hours’ due to his ‘advancing age’.Benedict died at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican City, where he had been living for the past decade.
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