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the vatican ah unexpired. welcome to the program. former pope benedict has died at the age of 95, a spokesman for the holy see said benedict passed away at his home inside the vatican. for centuries, the tolling of the bells and saint peter square has been the signal that a pope has died, and it makes health had been declining in recent days. in a statement, the vatican spokesman confirmed the former pontiff. steph, i am here with sad news this morning. which is a sad news we anticipated with the holy c press office bulletin, the spawning that was sorrow. we inform you that the pope merritt was phonetic 60 passed away to day this morning at 934 in the matter ecclesial monastery. in the

vatican dw special correspondent abraham was at the vatican force. i asked her to tell us about the mood there. so we signed the hours directly after the announcement was made, that crowds were trickling around here in the area where i am right now around saint peter's square a to to, to, to mourn the loss of the former pope benedict. now the crowds have calm down it just in the past half hour or so, but we can expect that in the coming days and in the lead up to the funeral next week that that will change. and that more and more and more mourners, more faithful will be gathering here around saint peter's square. and certainly for the funeral. i mean, we know that the pope will be lying and state starting monday so that mourners can come and pay their respects. but there is also a sense said this was expected. this pope had resigned. he cited because of deteriorating health. and on wednesday the sitting pope had already announced that

his health was rapidly deteriorating and asked the faithful to prefer him. so there's certainly a sense of morning, but a sense of this was expected that this news was coming and, and what is the mood like among the people there is, is it mostly sadness or there are other emotions? well, as i mentioned, there is a sense of morning, of course there is a sense of loss for, for, for a figure, you know, a historical figure of the catholic church who represented a certain kind of fun that is still popular among many of the people. but at the same time that this news was coming, they have been bracing themselves and certainly the pope has braces, a catholic believers around the world with his announcement on wednesday that bennett to the 16th health was deteriorating. so it was, it was expected, but of course there is a sense of sadness and a what can we expect to happen in the, in the next few days in terms of ceremony. and i'm saying goodbye to form hope

well, this is a sort of almost unprecedented situation. there are course some very solid of protocols and, and some rules to be followed. the events that is sitting pub dies, but we are now here in a, in a situation that the catholic church has not been almost 600 years that hope who has resigned a former pope who then after his resignation has stayed in the vatican, has died. so you know that certain things like the gathering of the conclave to elect a new pup obviously won't happen, won't happen. the destruction of the people seal the ceiling of the people. apartment, all of these protocols are for a sitting. these won't have, these of course won't happen because we're now in the event of the death of a former pro, but we do know that they will be a funeral. and now on the 5th of january, so this coming thursday and that the, this funeral will be presided over by the current sitting pope of pope francis.

also, it's important to remember that in his, in his capacity as former pope bennett, the 16th was also the head of seed of the vatican. so we can also expect that a heads of states and dignitaries from all over the world will be attending that funeral. we don't have confirmations on who will be attending it, but that's certainly something that we can expect. okay, d w special correspondent ibrahim reporting force from rome. let's take a moment now to look back at the life of former pope benedict, the 16th some teachers square in rome, april 2005. got it. the name that's in get it. joseph rat. singer is elected pope benedict. the 60 is in yoda cardinelli. the lord god knows have chosen me a simple and humble worker in the vineyard of the lord lavine. others in your new poke 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 in 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 doctors who performed abortions. ready bennett, exhort dialogue with other religions seeking contact with the leaders of the christian orthodox churches. 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 a dark shadow depended 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, with a routine meeting that became highly controversial because the pope declared he was stepping down at nab him centipedes. the church, the ship and peter proclaimed the gospel for the strength of body and spirit, unnecessary is a strength that has diminished me in recent months to such an existence that i must recognize my inability to continue to carry out properly. the ministry entrusted to me and your the news provoked surprise and dismay. in more than 600 years, no, pope had resigned his own volition. there was plenty of sympathy though, and hundreds of thousands of people came to benedict's last audiences. 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 pay 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 guilt and offered an apology to cindy. oh, me, couldn't come to the unquote,

own avoid up. on other occasions i can only express once again, my deep shame, my great pain form that and my sincere apologies to an old victims of sexual abuse . here since she had a demand that the fed 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. and with me now for more and this is our religious affairs correspondent martin got thanks for being here. can you tell us what was life like between the 2 pokes? what was their relationship once and it can step down along the relation was quite warm. and i mean, francis made a point to sort of bring, bring it into the fold and sort of visit him regularly, very,

very often with the present camera so that the wider catholic world could see as an expression of a church unified. nonetheless, i mean the difference in ideological or at least in, in approach to the way to administer the church and to think of the church reflected a lot of the vision also within the flock. so, i mean, i think that probably the 2 men were much more respectful and carrying for each other basically because they both have been you know, at the very top of the hierarchy of the church than, than the floor. which actually was very much divided along the lines that these 2 men represented. so very conservative got the leg catholic world, which really continued to see itself. us essentially ruled to some degree by what they considered to be the real and so benedict and sort of you know, another part of the church much more progressive that essentially were supporters and remain supporters of friends. and so i think that this division,

it's actually the relation is quite interesting. precisely. does it reflect much broader relation among sort of, you know, between 2 polarized forces in the wider, in the wider public sphere? well, can you explain to me a little bit more about bennett ex legacy? intellectually, he wrote 60 books and he was a ph. d and theology taught at university is a self described, i think, until shots and in 1081. we came, prefect of the congregation, for the doctrine of the facent is often described as the doctrinal watchdog. so what it was his intellectual legacy. i mean, he was known as a theological rottweiler. so i mean, right, somebody that this was an expression that was use and it was use in the u. k. assess, he was brinkets 2010. i believe he said, ah, i, it's understood that he was a very kind and very quiet man and not withstanding whatever the institutional his institutional record may be. but he was most certainly an intellectual, and he was somebody that sort of saw it as his as his job to

a large degree to defend the doctrine and to defend the dogma and behave in this way. but when i say doctrine, doug, my certainly do not mean this rogatories sense. i mean, he really thought that he was in it sort of one of his test was actually to defend catholicism in. it's sort of say your for him, this obviously brought him into confrontation with a lot of people that sort of wanted much more open and much more, let's say, a multi faceted catalyst system. but i think that ultimately what also happens is that this man who was an intellectual and intellectual forester, a large degree, you showed himself to be not a particularly competent administrator. and they think that at some point, really, you know, he did not relish, as it was said today, he did not relish the fight. and at some point he showed that he was no longer suited for it or no longer suitable for it. and i think that that was when he resign, essentially going back to the line of the life of intellectual contemplation. okay . did you say religious affairs that are martin gac thank you so much. i and

tributes to the late pope had been flooding in from world leaders, india or, and ramadi, said benedict, had devoted his entire life the church and would be remembered for his quote, rich service to society. u. k. prime minister richie sumac called the late pope, a great theologian saying his thoughts were with catholics around the world. australian prime minister anthony albanese said i'll also pay his respects, saying he was saddened by the news of benedict passing. to recap our top story right now. former pope benedict has died at the age of 95, a spokesman for the holy c said benedict, passed away at his home. inside the vatican. benedict hell had been declining in recent days. his funeral is set to be held on thursday.

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