Archbishop Georg Gänswein returned to the Vatican to celebrate an anniversary Mass and recall the legacy of the pope emeritus.

Benedict XVI died on December 31, 2022, at 9:34 am. Alarms about his state of health were raised a few days earlier, at the General Audience, when Pope Francis asked for prayers for his predecessor.

Pablo Blanco, professor at the University of Navarra, and Francesc Torralba, a professor at Ramon Llull University, have been awarded the 2023 Ratzinger prize. They say Pope Benedict's legacy will mark the theological and philosophical thought of the 21st century.

The Mater Ecclesiae monastery in the Vatican was the German Pope's home for 10 years. Now, Pope Francis wants it to return to the spirit in which it was built by Pope John Paul II.

In the Vatican, the year began with the death of the Pope Emeritus at the age of 95.

This year, Pope Francis will also go to the Rome War Cemetery, the cemetery of the Commonwealth soldiers who fell during World War II in Italy.

The court ruled that there is no "sufficient suspicion of criminal activity" and that, if there had been any, the statute of limitations would have expired.

The expert, Dr. Luca Caruso, stresses a fundamental aspect of Benedict XVI's theology—that faith is not a set of rigid doctrines, but a journey to be made.

Italian journalist Giovanna Chirri was the first to announce the resignation because she was one of understood Latin.

Unlike Pope John Paul II who connected with the Jewish people because of his Polish origin and childhood friends, Pope Benedict XVI did it through Theology.

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Fr. Blanco sees the book as an intellectual legacy that continues to be relevant today.

The book Nothing But The Truth gives an intimate account of the last years of the Pope emeritus.

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Cardinal Fernando Filoni was one of the Pope emeritus' closest collaborators and one of the people in the Curia who knew best how he worked.

People can visit the tomb by entering St. Peter's Basilica and going to the central point—the Altar of Confession.

Archbishop Georg Gänswein and the four lay women who had taken care of the Pope emeritus were among the group who sang hymns and prayed as the Pope emeritus' remains were blessed.

Once the coffin was placed in front of the altar, Archbishop Georg Gänswein wished the Pope emeritus a final farewell.

Pope Francis said a prayer in Latin asking God to admit him into Heaven.

Some 60,000 people attended the funeral with only two official delegations.

Belgian King Philippe, Italian President Sergio Mattarella and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier are expected to attend.

- Pope emeritus Benedict XVI dies at age 95.
- Pope Francis offers thanksgiving for life of the Pope emeritus.
- The Vatican celebrates Christmas with the traditional Urbi et Orbi prayer.

His remains will rest in what was the tomb of St. John XXIII until 2001 and that of St. John Paul II until 2011, before both were moved to the Basilica above.