With Benedict’s death, a way opens for more formal rules for retired popes
(RNS) — When Pope Benedict XVI retired in 2013 — the primary pontiff to take action in 600 years — ...
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German cardinal guards Benedict’s intellectual legacy
VATICAN CITY (AP) — If ever there was an inheritor to the mental legacy of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, it’s ...
Liturgy for Benedict’s funeral Mass highlights unity in divided church
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Beneath a foggy grey sky on Thursday (Jan. 5), a historic funeral in St. Peter’s Sq. ...
Why retired pope Benedict’s funeral will be so unusual : NPR
Pope Benedict XVI greets the group gathered in St Mark's Sq. whereas crossing the sq. on an electrical automotive in ...
Benedict’s resignation sparked calls for retirement protocol
VATICAN CITY (AP) — If ever there was a second that embodied the surreal novelty created by the primary papal ...
