the 2nd brought him to the vatican, where he was made prefect of the influential congregation for the doctrine of the faith. and when john paul died in 2005 rats and became his successor, you had a reputation for being quiet, modest and an arch conservative. he was also an intellectual and was not a man of grand gesture like his freed assessor, was even so his 1st trip to world youth day in germany would seem to success. hundreds of thousands came to cheer him as pope, he saw himself as the guardian of the faith of the catholic church and was a strict advocate of celibacy. he criticized the recognition of same sex relationships and condemned doctor super formed abortions. ready benedict sought dialogue with other religions seeking contact with the leaders of the christian orthodox churches. he also try to improve relations with islam and judaism. but

there were also setbacks. for example, when he brought the controversial society a st tires back into the church, even though some of its leaders were anti c mites and holocaust deniers. but it was the child abuse scandals in the church that cost a dark shadow, a benedict spawn ticket. more and more cases involving catholic clergy came to light in more and more countries. the pope spoke of his shame and he promised transparency. but his critics said he didn't do enough. years later, the scandal was to catch up with him again. at the beginning of 2013 benedict received some cardinals in rome. it was a routine meeting that became highly controversial because the pope declared he was stepping down at night. have him sung to peter. got a man to stare this church this ship of peter to proclaim the gospel for this

a strength of body and spirit are necessary. you must drink that has diminished in me in recent months to such an extent in that i must recognize my inability to continues to carry out properly the ministry and trusted to me. denise prevail, surprise and dismay. in more than 600 years, no, pope had resigned his own volition. there was plenty of sympathy though on sunday, the thousands of people came to benedict last audiences. poke benedict, left office on february the 28th 2013 a few weeks later and there was an image for the history books to pope's standing side by side. the ameritas benedict promised obedience to his successor type frances. in the years that followed. benedict rarely showed himself in public

but at the beginning of 2022, the report of the new inquiry into the abuse scandal in germany was published it incriminated benedict, the 16th during his time is archbishop. he has said to have accepted a priest, although it was known that the man had abused children on multiple occasions. benedict had his private secretary, read out a letter in which he rejected any personal care and offered an apology. he said, oh, let me call you country unquote, own a house on other occasions which i can only express once again, my deep shame, my great pain, and my sincere apologies to all victims of sexual abuse me or granted lauder ella mia since she had a demand that the fed adorned benedict critics said he was shirking his responsibility. the ameritas type himself wrote in one of his last letters that he would soon appear before the eternal judge and was confident that he would be

forgiven. and you are watching a special coverage here on d. w. a coverage of some breaking news. former pope benedict. the 16th has died. we're showing you life. images of the vatican were a spokesman announced his death. the current pontiff, pope francis had visited benedict at his home inside the vatican earlier this week and said he was very ill and he urged people to pray for him. a vatican spokesman confirmed that benedict's condition had worse than to do to deterioration from advancing h and we're joined now by jack parrot dw corresponded jack parrot, who is joining us in rome. ah, jack her you are joining us on the phone. now. the retired pope benedict has died and it doesn't come all that unexpected. we had been warned of his

deteriorating health. what more can you tell us about the situation there now? that's right. so everybody is sort of heading down for the bicycle to mark this moment, which is the end of a very significant period in history. weather have been to live at the same time. we have been expecting this, as you said, since probably wednesday when pope francis told a general audience that they should keep pope benedict amerisys in the press. because the situation was that he was very, very sick. and that was confirmed by a vatican space on and also on thursday they did like to say that his condition has stayed below you. but that has been a sort of sense of patients around the vatican and in the community. sort of expecting this off of those sort of warnings that his health was in

a difficult place. if you say he resigned his position back in 2013 due to aiding health. and we were told by of african state says that he died at the master at the monastery, within the attic and what he's lived ever since. residing at 934 this morning local time. right now. this is still quite unusual because he is the 1st pope in modern times to have retired and he has now died. so what will the protocols be for this situation now? what will happen next? well, this is the big question. he, you know, what will be the decision for his funeral? will it be the full sort of basic and state funeral the sitting would expect normally being pope is, is the job for life. and the end of your life is the end of the job. and also, what will his,

his sort of the procession of that look like. we know that the funeral would expect it is expected to take place in a week from now. but exactly the details around the remain to be seen exactly how you will choose to do this. bearing in mind while he has resigned his position, he doesn't joy a lot of support by many members of the catholic faith. he was a very different sources to take from this is considered something more of a progressive paper. more open. pope tend to the pipe. bennett dates perhaps, you know, the more to the, the conservative and traditional values of the catholic church, i believe, believe in my faith to jeff perry. they're reporting for us alive from rome, where pope benedict the 16th has died today. jack parrot, thank you so much. thank you. and we continue our special coverage show off this event to bringing you a live pictures here from

a st. peter's square in the vatican in rome, where a spokesman has announced the death of benedict the 16th. the former pope benedict resigned as head of the catholic church in 2013, citing his declining health and asked was just mentioned to this is a unique situation as benedict as the former pope. and so it is unclear exactly what protocols will now follow his death. ah, we will take our we will look back and to keep an eye on or will, i should take a moment and look back at the former popes life and teachers square in rome, april 2005. got the name that's in, get it. joseph rat. singer is elected pope benedict. the 16th

is in yodi, cardinelli, unavailable and cardinals have chosen me a simple and humble worker in the vineyard of the lord. senor. the new polk from germany will make history. but leave a troublesome legacy. joseph rat, singer was born in bavaria in 1927. he was the youngest child of a strictly religious family. he studied and then taught theology, and he ascended the hierarchy of the catholic church. in 1977, he was appointed archbishop of munich. shortly afterwards, he was made a cardinal. then pope john paul, the 2nd, brought him to the vatican, where he was made prefect of the influential congregation for the doctrine of the faith. and when john paul died in 2005 rattling and became his successor,

the new pope had a reputation for being quiet, modest and an arch conservative. he was also an intellectual and was not a man of grand gestures like his predecessor was even so his 1st trip to world youth day in germany was deemed a success. hundreds of thousands came to cheer him as well as pope. he saw himself as the guardian of the faith of the catholic church and was a strict advocate of celibacy. 8 he criticized the recognition of same sex relationships and condemned doctor super formed abortions. ready benedict sought dialogue with other religions seeking contact with the leaders of the christian orthodox churches. he'll say, tried to improve relations with islam and judaism. but there were also setbacks. for example, when he brought the controversial society

a st pious back into the church, even though some of its leaders were anti c mites and holocaust deniers. but it was the child abuse scandals in the church that cost the dark shadow. benedict upon ticket. more and more cases involving catholic clergy came to light in more and more countries. the pope spoke of his shame and he promised transparency. but his critics said he didn't do enough. years later, the scandal was to catch up with him again. at the beginning of 2013 benedict received some cardinals in rome. it was a routine meeting that became highly controversial because the pope declared he was stepping down at nab him sung to pity. to stare this church ship of peter to proclaim the gospel, the strength of body and spirit are necessary. it will just drank, but it has diminished in me in recent months to such an extent that i must recognize my inability to continue to carry out. probably the ministry and trusted

to me. the new prevent, surprise and dismay in more than 600 years, no pope had resigned his own volition. there was plenty of sympathy though on sunday the thousands of people came to benedict last audiences. pope benedict left office on february the 28th 2013 a few weeks later and there was an image for the history books to pope's standing side by side. the ameritas benedict promised obedience to his successor type frances. in the years that followed, benedict rarely showed himself in public but at the beginning of 2022, the report of the new inquiry into the abuse scandal in germany was published. it incriminated benedict, the 16th during his time is archbishop. he is said to have accepted a priest,

although it was known that the man had abused children on multiple occasions. benedict had his private secretary, read out a letter in which he rejected any personal care and offered an apology. he said, oh, let me call you country unquote, own a house on other occasions which i can only express once again, my deep shame, my great pain, and my sincere apologies to all victims of sexual abuse me or granted, or lauder me as since she had demanded the pet adorn benedict critics said he was shirking his responsibility. the ameritas type himself wrote in one of his last letters that he would soon appear before the eternal judge and was confident that he would be forgiven. that's going to read now to speak to also an journalist, philip whalen, and philip, 1st of all,

good to have you with us. just a few minutes ago with the vatican announced the passing of the full, the pope benedict, the 16th. what's going on now in rome? when it's going to be quite a challenge for the vatican to organize, you know, of course we're in a completely uncharted waters here. something like this has not happened for 6 centuries. so there isn't really any modern precedent. i think the feeling is that the pope will be given the full honors of pope who has died. you lie in state in st. peter's basilica, and the kind of funeral and ceremonies for his departure will be very similar to what would happen in the case of the reigning. but clearly

there will be some differences because this is a designed almost 10 years ago. so it's going to be something that the vatican authorities will have to invent as they go along. but clearly they will want to know him in the fullest possible way. and for 8 years over the catholic church. i mean, you mentioned the former pope a key became the 1st pope to resign in 600 years. ok. what was his papacy like when but it was very much respected as a right and intellectual.