Tag: XVI
Death of Benedict XVI: the pope emeritus died at 95
BENEDICT XVI. Despite calls to pray from Pope Francis for his predecessor, Benedict XVI died Saturday, December 31 at the age of 95, the Vatican announced. Summary [Mis à jour le…
Former Pope Benedict XVI is dead
Benedict XVI died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced this Saturday, December 31. Pope Francis said on Wednesday that his predecessor was “seriously ill” and called for prayers…
Historic ex-Pope Benedict XVI is dead
Published: Just now previous full screen Next Benedict XVI. Archive image. 1 of 2Photo: Andrew Medichini/AP/TT At the age of 95, Benedict XVI has left earthly life. When he unexpectedly…
Former Pope Benedict XVI “seriously ill”, Pope Francis calls to pray for him
Pope Francis announced on Wednesday that his 95-year-old predecessor Benedict XVI was “ seriously ill and that he prayed for the one whose resignation in 2013 for health reasons took…
Former Pope Benedict XVI asks ‘forgiveness’ for sexual assault scandals
Three weeks after a report implicating him in his handling of sexual assaults on minors in the Archdiocese of Munich, which he led in the early 1980s, the Vatican published…
France: absolute monarchy, from François I to Louis XVI
Absolute monarchy is a political regime in which the king has all the powers! How did the French monarchy succeed in embodying the royal absolutism by divine right that truly…
Pope Benedict XVI implicated by a report on sexual abuse in the German Church
The German Catholic Church is again shaken by a pedophilia scandal. A report on sexual abuse committed since the war in the Archdiocese of Munich paints a bleak picture of…