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Pope Francis at Audience: Benedict XVI was a ‘great master’ of catechesis

On Wednesday morning, Pope Francis paid homage to Benedict XVI and said that “he always wanted to accompany
Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict embrace each other at the Vatican's Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, June 30, 2015. | L'Osservatore Romano.

The relationship between Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Pope Francis

Pope Francis visited Benedict frequently, including a final time three days before the pope emeritus’ death. In the
Pope Francis presides over the first papal Mass of the new year on Jan. 1, 2023, in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. | Alan Köppschall/EWTN Vatican

Pope Francis entrusts the late Benedict XVI to the Blessed Virgin Mary

At the first papal Mass of 2023, thousands of Catholics gathered in St. Peter’s Basilica prayed for the
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. (photo: Vatican Media)

Funeral Mass of Benedict XVI to be held Jan. 5

Bruni later told journalists that Benedict XVI received the sacrament of the anointing of the sick on Dec.
Pope Benedict XVI greets the pilgrims during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 26, 2006. | giulio napolitano / Shutterstock

A timeline of Pope Benedict XVI’s extraordinary life

Pope Benedict XVI led an extraordinary life that included a wartime childhood in Nazi Germany, a key role
Pope Benedict XVI greets the pilgrims during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 26, 2006. | giulio napolitano / Shutterstock

Vatican: Benedict XVI’s condition serious but stable

“Although his condition remains serious, the situation at the moment is stable,” the Vatican said on Thursday. Pope
Cardinal Angelo De Donatis | Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Rome Diocese to offer Mass for Benedict XVI

“Let us accompany our dear bishop emeritus in his moment of suffering and trial,” Cardinal De Donatis said.

UPDATE | Holy See, Benedict XVI is “lucid and vigilant. Situation serious but stable”

“The Pope Emeritus was able to rest well last night, he is absolutely lucid and vigil and today,
Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. | | Daniel Ibanez CNA

Cardinal Maradiaga turns 80 and loses right to vote in a future conclave

Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucicalpa (Honduras), turns 80 years old today and thus
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Nov. 9, 2022 | Rome's Secretariat of the Major Archbishop of the Greek Catholic Church

Vatican: Benedict XVI under medical care as health takes sudden turn

Pope Francis visited the 95-year-old pope emeritus after his Wednesday general audience. The Vatican confirmed Wednesday that pope

Pope Francis: St. Francis de Sales, guide of souls, able to read the signs of his time

A saint for the change of epoch, through whom to rediscover the criterion of discerning through God’s love

Benedict XVI, the situation for now under control. Pope Francis visited him

Benedict XVI’s condition has worsened, but under control, and Pope Francis visited him at the end of the

Pope Francis prays for Benedict XVI, who “in silence is sustaining the Church”

At the end of the general audience, Pope Francis asked for prayers for Benedict XVI, who “in silence

Pope Francis recounts Christmas according to St. Francis de Sales

It is called “Everything Belongs to Love,” Pope Francis’ new apostolic letter dedicated to St. Francis de Sales

Pope Francis calls young widower who lost his wife after giving birth to his twin sons

Pope Francis telephoned a young Italian widower who had just lost his wife during the birth of his

Pope Francis: “Christmas is not the fairy tale of the birth of a king”

The period of the octave of Christmas, or the eight days of festivities that follow the remembrance of

Pope Francis, Christmas Urbi et Orbi 2022: “The world is experiencing a famine of peace”

Jesus being born is true peace, and is “the way of peace,” Pope Francis says in his customary

Christmas Eve Mass 2022: Pope Francis points out way to rediscover the meaning of Christmas

A manger, the Christ Child’s first resting place, can teach us a lot about the meaning of Christmas,

Pope Francis: On this feast of God who becomes a child, let us think of the children of Ukraine

This year,” the Holy Father noted, “will be filled with the multitude of refugees from Ukraine, to whom

Pope Francis to Roman Curia, “We are in danger, undermined by elegant demons”

Pope Francis warned the Roman Curia on Thursday that they need to be vigilant in the face of

Pope Francis asks for prayers for Ukrainian children this Christmas

Pope Francis asked to think this Christmas of the children of Ukraine who suffer and who bear the

Pope Francis: “Carry a pocket Gospel with you in your bag, the Word close to your heart”

At the General Audience on Wednesday, December 21, Pope Francis invited the faithful to carry a pocket Gospel

Pope Francis received families of four Israeli boys killed by Hamas

Today, Dec. 21, the Pope received the families of four Israeli boy victims of Hamas, accompanied by Israel’s

Pope Francis offers 5 commitments on the road to Christmas

Pope Francis proposed to the faithful 5 concrete commitments to live with intensity the remaining days of Advent

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