{"id":12686,"date":"2022-12-31T11:11:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T10:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=12686"},"modified":"2022-12-31T11:11:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T10:11:57","slug":"former-pope-benedict-xvi-dies-at-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/former-pope-benedict-xvi-dies-at-95\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95"},"content":{"rendered":"
Former Pope Benedict XVI has died at his Vatican residence, aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ailing health.<\/p>\n
He led the Catholic Church for less than eight years until, in 2013, he became the first Pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Benedict spent his final years at the Mater Ecclesiae monastery within the walls of the Vatican.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
His successor Pope Francis said he had visited him there frequently.<\/p>\n
Although the former pontiff had been ill for some time, the Holy See said there had been an aggravation in his condition because of advancing age.<\/p>\n
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