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The 95-year-old Pope Benedict XVI passed away on Saturday in Vatican City, becoming the first pope to resign since the fifteenth century.
According to the Vatican press office, Benedict had been experiencing deteriorating health due to his elderly age for several days before Pope Francis made public the news of his deteriorating condition earlier this week.
According to the Vatican, Pope Francis will preside over Benedict’s burial on Thursday at St. Peter’s Square.
Benedict is known for his nearly eight years as pope as one of the most traditional popes in recent memory and as a church leader who, by opting to retire, changed the trajectory of the papacy.
RIP
