Pope Francis greets Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI during a meeting with newly named Cardinals at the Vatican's Mater Ecclesiae Monastery on August 27,...
Portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is seen near the altar at the Cathedral of Regensburg, southern Germany on December 29 during a church...
Faithful holds a rosary on St Peter's square ahead of Pope Benedict XVI last weekly audience on February 27, 2013 at the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI...
Pope Benedict XVI replaces his zucchetto as he meets with Queen Elizabeth II during day one of his four day state visit to the United Kingdom at...
Pope Benedict XVI leads his first Via Crucis, the way of the Cross, part of the solemn celebrations of Easter's Holy Week at the Roman Colisseum in...
Pope emeritus Benedict XVI speaks with Pope Francis during a papal mass for elderly people at St Peter's square on September 28, 2014 at the Vatican....
Dawn breaks over Rome as faithful from across the world arrive in St Peter's Square to pay their respects to the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on...
Pope Pope Francis looks on as pallbearers carry away the coffin of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at the end of his funeral mass at St. Peter's square in...
Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful gathered at the Colosseum during the Way Of The Cross procession on Good Friday April 6, 2012 in Rome, Italy....
The body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI lies in state at St. Peter's Basilica on January 02, 2023 in Rome, Italy. Joseph Aloisius Rltzinger was born...
Pope Francis met former Pope Benedict XVI to exchange Christmas greetings, in the Mater Ecclesiae monastery, Benedict XVI's new residence on December...
Vatican: Germany's Joseph Ratzinger appears at the window of the main balcony after being elected the 265th pope of the Roman Catholic Church 19...
Pope Benedict XVI attends an ecumenical Vespers service in the Basilica of St Paul outside the Walls on January 25, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican....
Pope Benedict XVI arrives at the altar at Bicentennial Park in Silao, Guanajuato State, Mexico, where he is to celebrate an open-air mass on March...
Pope Benedict XVI gestures at the concert house in Freiburg, southern Germany, on September 25 on the final day of his first state visit to his...
The body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI lies in state at St. Peter's Basilica on January 03, 2023 in Vatican City, Vatican. Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger...
Pope emeritus Benedict XVI attends a papal mass for elderly people at St Peter's square on September 28, 2014 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / TIZIANA FABI
Pope Francis attends the funeral mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter's square on January 5, 2023 in Vatican City, Vatican. Joseph...
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at the start of his funeral mass at St. Peter's square on January 5, 2023 in Vatican City,...
Pope Benedict XVI leads the Ash Wednesday service at the St. Peter's Basilica on February 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Ash Wednesday opens the...
Pope Benedict XVI at the end of his general weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. The Pope is due to visit Turkey from November 28 to...
Pope Francis touches the coffin of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as pallbearers carry it towards St Peter’s Basilica for the burial after the funeral...
The body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI lies in state at St. Peter's Basilica on January 04, 2023 in Vatican City, Vatican. Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger...
Pope Benedict XVI leads his final general audience before his retirement in St Peter's Square on February 27, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. More...
Ceremony for the conferment of the Degrees Honoris Causa to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI from the Pontifical University of St.John Paul II and its...
General view during the funeral mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter's square on January 5, 2023 in Vatican City, Vatican. Former Pope...
The body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI lies in state at St. Peter's Basilica on January 02, 2023 in Rome, Italy. Joseph Aloisius Rltzinger was born...
The body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI lies in state at St. Peter's Basilica on January 03, 2023 in Vatican City, Vatican. Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger...
Ceremony for the conferment of the Degrees Honoris Causa to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI from the Music Academy in Krakow and the Pontifical University...
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Pope Francis attend the Ordinary Public Consistory at St. Peter's Basilica on February 14, 2015 in Vatican City,...
Pope Benedict XVI leads the celebration of the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at the start of his funeral mass at St. Peter's square on January 5, 2023 in Vatican City,...
Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re swings a thurible opf incense over the coffin of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, as Pope Francis looks on during...
Vatican City, Vatican: TO GO WITH STORY IN FRENCH - "Benoit XVI, le pape deconcertant" - Picture taken 19 April 2005 at the Vatican City of Germany's...
Pope Francis arrives during the funeral mass of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter's square in the Vatican, on January 5, 2023.
Pope Benedict XVI attends the Epiphany Mass at the St. Peter's Basilica on January 6, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. During the ceremony the pontiff...
The body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI lies in state at St. Peter's Basilica on January 02, 2023 in Rome, Italy. Joseph Aloisius Rltzinger was born...
Pope Benedict XVI is shrouded in incense as he leads the Corpus Domini mass in Rome's Basilica of St John's in Lateran on June 3, 2010 / Filippo...
Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd surrounded by Queen Sofia and King Juan Carlos at the end of his visit to Spain for leading The World Youth Day...
Germany's Joseph Ratzinger, the new Pope Benedict XVI, waves to crowd from the window of St Peter's Basilica's main balcony after being elected the...
The body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is laid out for public view in St. Peter's Basilica. The Vatican announced that Pope Benedict died on December...
Pope Benedict XVI gives Christmas Night Mass at St. Peter's Basilica on December 24, 2009 in Vatican City, Vatican. The mass on Christmas Eve and...
Pope Benedict XVI leads the Rosary at the Chapel of the Apparitions in Fatima's Sanctuary on May 12, 2010. Up to 500,000 are expected to attend the...
Germany's Joseph Ratzinger, the new Pope Benedict XVI, waves to crowd from the window of St Peter's Basilica's main balcony after being elected the...
Pope Benedict XVI delivers the traditional "Urbi et Orbi" Easter message from the central loggia of St Peter's Basilica on April 4, 2010 at the...
Pope Pope Francis pays his respetcs as he touches the coffin of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at the end of his funeral mass at St. Peter's square in...
Pope Benedict XVI delivers his 'Urbi et Orbi' message and blessing from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the end of the Easter Mass on...
The body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI lies in state at St. Peter's Basilica on January 03, 2023 in Vatican City, Vatican. Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger...
Pope Benedict XVI delivers the traditional "Urbi et Orbi" Easter message from the central loggia of St Peter's Basilica on April 12, 2009 at the...
"Pope Benedict XVI crossing the Square on the popemobile to greet the believers gathered for the Taiz European Meeting. Vatican City, 2012 "
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at the start of his funeral mass at St. Peter's square in the Vatican, on January 5, 2023....
Graphic content / This photograph shows the body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Lying in state at the St Peter's basilica in the Vatican, on January...
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a mass in St Peter's basilica at the Vatican for members of the Italian armed forces, 16 December 2005.
Pope Benedict XVI holds a candle during the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday on April 7, 2012 at St Peter's basilica at The Vatican. AFP PHOTO /...
Pope Benedict XVI arrives at the airport for his pastoral visit to his native Bavaria on September 9, 2006 in Munich, Germany. The Bavarian capital,...
The skyline of Krakow is reflected in a shop window poster of Pope Benedict XVI on May 24, 2006 in Krakow, Poland. Poland has been preparing an...
Vatican: General view shows the crowd gathered on St Peter's Square as Germany's Joseph Ratzinger, the new Pope Benedict XVI, appears at the window...
Pope Benedict XVI waves on board of the Sydney 2000 ship on the way to the Bangaroo East Darling Harbour in Sydney on July 17, 2008 for a meeting...