Upon the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI in 2013, Federico Lombardi, S.J., of the Vatican press office said that “After he resigns, the Holy Father will be known as ‘His Holiness, Benedict ...

The footage in fact shows the former pope Benedict XVI lying in state in January 2023. "The ceremony to honour Pope Francis," reads the Indonesian-language caption of a TikTok video shared on ...

The changes became necessary after Francis expressed his own wishes, and after Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI died on 31 December 2022. For Benedict, the Vatican had to work out the novelty of a ...

The last time this happened, in 2013, Catholics weren't mourning the death of the Holy Father; instead, they were reeling from the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, something that hadn't happened ...

Former personal secretary of Pope Benedict XVI Archbishop Georg Ganswein signs a deed as the Body Of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is laid to rest in his coffin ahead of his Funeral in St Peter’s ...

Conclaves are held only when the papacy is vacated, typically upon a pope’s death or retirement. When Pope Benedict XVI, citing age and faltering health, stepped down from the post in 2013 after ...

The last time this happened, in 2013, Catholics weren't mourning the death of the Holy Father; instead, they were reeling from the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, something that hadn't happened ...