Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the Bavarian-born theologian whose conservative Roman Catholicism earned him the nickname “God’s Rottweiler” died this Saturday at 95 years of age. He was the longest-living pope, having surpassed Pope Leo XIII in September 2020.
Pope Benedict passed away today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican,” the Vatican said in a statement early Saturday. No cause of death was provided.
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