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Georg Gaenswein's book reveals private conversations with both popes in charting the German ex-pontiff's rise to power.
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Georg Gaenswein's book reveals private conversations with both popes in charting the German ex-pontiff's rise to power.
Thousands of Catholics began paying their respects Monday to former pope Benedict XVI at St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
Church bells tolled for the death of ex-pope Benedict XVI in Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday.
The small town in the southern region of Bavaria, with a population of around 2,800, is synonymous with Benedict.
The shock retirement in 2013 of pope Benedict XVI, who died on Saturday aged 95, raised serious questions within the Roman Catholic Church.
Benedict firmly denied being involved in any cover-up, while the Vatican strongly defended his record on tackling abuse.
Former pope Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced Saturday.
The 95-year-old Joseph Ratzinger, who was revealed this week to be seriously ill, in 2013 became the first pontiff to quit in six centuries.