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The coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI was designed by then Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo (who later was created a Cardinal) soon after the papal election. Benedict's coat of arms omitted the papal tiara , which traditionally appears in the background to designate the pope's position as a worldly ruler such as a king, replacing ...
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier released a statement, saying that "Germany mourns Pope Benedict XVI and will remember his work." [114] Chancellor Olaf Scholz released a statement, saying that "as the 'German' pope, Benedict XVI was a special church leader for many, not just in this country. The world is losing a formative figure of the ...
On 11 February 2013, Benedict XVI announced his resignation from the papacy effective 28 February 2013 at 20:00 local time (19:00 UTC). [2] [3] [4] He was the first pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415, [5] and the first to do so of his own volition since Celestine V in 1294. [6] [7]
The fallout dogged Benedict from the beginning of his papacy. In 2005, his first year as pope, he was accused in a lawsuit of having personally covered up a priest’s abuse of three boys in Texas.
Benedict XVI, the former pope who upended centuries of tradition by resigning as pontiff, has died at 95. ... Benedict said. In many ways, his short papacy was a coda to that of John Paul, whom he ...
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the shy German theologian who tried to reawaken Christianity in a secularized Europe but will forever be remembered as the first pontiff in 600 years to resign from the ...
The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI took effect on 28 February 2013 at 20:00 CET, following Benedict's announcement of it on 11 February. [1] [2] [3] It made him the first pope to relinquish the office [note 1] since Gregory XII was forced to resign in 1415 [4] to end the Western Schism, and the first pope to voluntarily resign since Celestine V in 1294.
The body of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI laid out in state inside St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023. Benedict XVI, the German theologian who will be remembered as the ...