In his first public comments since news of Pope Benedict’s death broke

Pope Benedict XVI leads his final general audience before his retirement in St Peter's Square on February 27, 2013 in Vatican City

Former Pope Benedict XVI has died, aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ailing health. He led the Catholic Church for fewer than eight years until, in 2013, he became the first Pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415. Benedict spent his final years at the Mater Ecclesiae monastery within the walls of the Vatican where he passed away at 09:34 (08:34 GMT) on Saturday. His successor Pope Francis will lead the funeral on 5 January. The Vatican said the body of the Pope Emeritus will be placed in St Peter’s Basilica from 2 January for “the greeting of the faithful”. Bells rang out from Munich cathedral and a single bell was heard ringing from St Peter’s Square in Rome after the death was announced. Watch: Pope Benedict XVI through the years In his first public comments since news of Pope Benedict’s death broke, Pope Francis called him a gift to the church, describing him as a noble and kind man. At a New Year’s Eve service at the Vatican he paid tribute to his “dearest” predecessor, emphasising “his sacrifices offered for the good of the church”. The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, said Pope Benedict was “one of the great theologians of the 20th century”. In a statement he said: “I remember with particular affection the remarkable Papal Visit to these lands in 2010. We saw his courtesy, his gentleness, the perceptiveness of his mind and the openness of his welcome to everybody that he met.”

Benedict: The Pope who resigned from the papacy

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called the former pope “a great theologian whose UK visit in 2010 was an historic moment for both Catholics and non-Catholics throughout our country”. King Charles III said he received the news of Pope Benedict’s death “with deep sadness” and recalled “with fondness” meeting the him during a visit to the Vatican in 2009. “I also recall his constant efforts to promote peace and goodwill to all people, and to strengthen the relationship between the global Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church.” French President Emmanuel Macron said Pope Benedict “worked with soul and intelligence for a more fraternal world” and said his thoughts went out to Catholics in France and around the world. Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Pope Benedict “was a giant of faith and reason”. “He put his life at the service of the universal Church and spoke, and will continue to speak, to the hearts and minds of men with the spiritual, cultural and intellectual depth of his Magisterium.” The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said for many, not only in Germany, Pope Benedict was “a formative figure of the Catholic Church, a forthright personality and a clever theologian”. Irish President Michael D Higgins said the former pope would be remembered for “his untiring efforts to find a common path in promoting peace and goodwill throughout the world”. Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said Pope Benedict was “one of the greatest theologians of his age – committed to the faith of the Church and stalwart in its defence”. Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Pope Benedict as a “defender of traditional Christian values,” in his New Year address to the nation.

Change and respect

With the death of Pope Benedict XI the Catholic world has lost an unrivalled receptacle of theological knowledge, intellectualism and lived experience. While little has changed in terms of doctrinal discussion at the Vatican in the nearly 10 years since he stepped down, what has changed is the spirit of the papacy. Pope Francis is widely regarded to have had a more pastoral approach and his appointments of cardinals show a clear shift towards Asia and Latin America. In recent years, though he has not appeared to court it, the Pope Emeritus became something of a lightning rod for some opposed to the new Pope. There had been speculation that Pope Francis, who himself has been suffering ill health, had been contemplating stepping down, but was reluctant to do so if it meant there would be three popes in Rome. It was not quite “The Two Popes”, but in spite of their differences, there was by all accounts immense respect shown between predecessor and successor. We are likely to hear about that in the coming days and particularly in Pope Francis’s homily at the funeral on Thursday. Following news of the former pope’s death people began gathering in St Peter’s Square in Rome. Annamaria, 65, and Patrizia, 64, visiting from the northern Italian city of Bologna, said they went there immediately as soon as they heard about the death. “We came here to pray. He was a great pontiff, certainly very different from Francis, he was a great intellectual and scholar. Like the rest of the Church we will always remember him,” Annamaria told the BBC. Barbara Bernadas, a tourist from the Spanish city of Barcelona, said she and her boyfriend felt a sense of bewilderment when they heard the news. “We learned of his death just as we were in St Peter’s Square. A tourist guide was just telling us where Benedict lived, it feels surreal. What will happen now? This situation is unprecedented; there are no protocols to follow for what will happen now. Certainly it is an unprecedented historical moment,” she said. Although the former pontiff had been ill for some time, Vatican authorities said there had been an aggravation in his condition because of advancing age. On Wednesday, Pope Francis appealed to his final audience of the year at the Vatican to “pray a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict”, whom he said was very ill. Born Joseph Ratzinger in Germany, Benedict was 78 when in 2005 he became one of the oldest popes ever elected. https://new.c.mi.com/ng/post/499148 https://new.c.mi.com/ng/post/499690 https://new.c.mi.com/ng/post/497576 https://new.c.mi.com/ng/post/497442 https://new.c.mi.com/ng/post/497447 https://new.c.mi.com/ng/post/499695 https://new.c.mi.com/ng/post/497457 https://new.c.mi.com/ng/post/497462 https://new.c.mi.com/ng/post/499700 https://new.c.mi.com/ng/post/499158 https://new.c.mi.com/ng/post/499148/TOTAL_SPORTEK_Bellator_vs_Rizin_40_Free_LIVE_STREA https://new.c.mi.com/ng/post/499690/Reddit_BOXING_StreamS_-_Bellator_vs_Rizin_40_Live_ https://new.c.mi.com/ng/post/497576/CrackstreamsRizin_40_vs_Bellator_Live_StreamReddit https://new.c.mi.com/ng/post/497442/RedditStreamS_Rizin_40_vs_Bellator_Live_StreamRedd https://new.c.mi.com/ng/post/497447/+RedditStreams_Bellator_vs_Rizin_40_Live_StreamRed https://new.c.mi.com/ng/post/499695/beIN_SPORTS_Bellator_MMA_vs_Rizin_Live_Streaming_B https://new.c.mi.com/ng/post/497457/Blacktie_Sports_-_Free_Reddit_Rizin_vs_Bellator_MM https://new.c.mi.com/ng/post/497462/RedditStreamS_Rizin_vs_Bellator_MMA_Live_StreamRed https://new.c.mi.com/ng/post/499700/Rizin_vs_Bellator_MMA_Live_Stream_Reddit__Crackstr https://new.c.mi.com/ng/post/499158/LIVESTREAMTv_Bellator_MMA_vs_Rizin_Live_Coverage_F For much of his papacy, the Catholic Church faced allegations, legal claims and official reports into decades of child abuse by priests. Earlier this year the former pope acknowledged that errors had been made in the handling of abuse cases while he was archbishop of Munich between 1977 and 1982.

In his first public comments since news of Pope Benedict’s death broke

Change and respect

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