This is a news story about the passing of Pope Benedict XVI, the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pope Benedict XVI died on April 2, 2021, at the age of 92. He was the oldest pope in modern history, having served as the head of the Catholic Church for eight
On 31 December 2022, at 09:34 CET (UTC+1), former Pope Benedict XVI died at the age of 95 at Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in Vatican City. He had been pope emeritus since his resignation as the leader of the Catholic Church in 2013 due to his declining health. His death and subsequent funeral from 2022 to 2023 ended a nine-year period during which an incumbent pope and a retired pope lived within Vatican City, and ten-year Catholic Church involvement with both the then-current pope and pope-emeritus.