Former Pope Benedict XVI died in Vatican

Italy: ARCHIVE IMAGES of Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger

ROME, Italy - 31.12.2022: (ARCHIVE IMAGE) Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI during audiences in Vaitcano in Rome. Pope Benedict XVI died at 9.35 am on December 31, 2022 at Mater Ecclesiae in the Vatican. Successor of Pope John Paul II from 19 April 2005 to 28 February 2013. (Photo by Marco Iacobucci/Sipa USA) Credit: IPA/Sipa USA

Former Pope Benedict XVI died at his Vatican residence at the age of 95. Pope Francis has remembered his predecessor as a noble, gentle person as global leaders and Catholics worldwide mourn the loss of the former Pope whose body will lie in state from Monday in St Peter's Basilica. A story by Essam Al-Ghalib for SBS News & Produced by RaySel for SBS Tamil.

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Published 1 January 2023 7:00pm

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Former Pope Benedict XVI died at his Vatican residence at the age of 95. Pope Francis has remembered his predecessor as a noble, gentle person as global leaders and Catholics worldwide mourn the loss of the former Pope whose body will lie in state from Monday in St Peter's Basilica. A story by Essam Al-Ghalib for SBS News & Produced by RaySel for SBS Tamil.

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