Remembering Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI waves from the deck of a catamaran as he arrives to the Valletta waterfront to attend a meeting with youths in Floriana, Malta, in this April 18, 2010, file photo. The Vatican announced that Pope Francis will visit the island nation of Malta April 2-3, 2022. (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters)

VATICAN CITY — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who surprised the world by announcing he would retire as pope, died on Dec. 31, 2022. He was 95 years old.

“It is with deep sadness and hope in the Resurrection that we mourn the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI,” Daniel Cardinal DiNardo said in a Dec. 31 statement.

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Cardinal DiNardo: Pope Benedict XVI shepherded the Church “with great love”

Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, who was elevated to the College of Cardinals by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007, said the late pontiff “ shepherded the Church with great love.”

Prayer for the repose of the soul of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

The Vatican shares this prayer for the soul of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

The global impact of a German pope

Very few figures within the contemporary Church have influenced it as deeply and for as long as Pope Benedict XVI, who died Dec. 31, 2022 at 95.

Hundreds of thousands pay last respects to Pope Benedict XVI at St. Peter’s

A quiet hush covered the vast expanse of St. Peter’s Square even though it was filled with thousands of people slowly winding their way around the colonnade into St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their last respects to the late Pope Benedict XVI.

Texas celebrations join special Masses around the world in praying for Pope Benedict XVI

Archdioceses and dioceses in Texas and across the U.S. have been celebrating liturgies praying for the peaceful repose of the soul of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.