Pope Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95

Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today at 9:34 in the Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican.

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His funeral is scheduled for Thursday at 9:30 a.m. local time

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His coffin will be taken to the Vatican Grottoes, located below St. Peter's Basilica, for burial.

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Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was named the 265th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church on April 19, 2005

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He was the first German pope in several centuries, the second consecutive non-Italian pope and the oldest pope elected since Clement XII in 1730

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Vatican watchers considered the revelations to be the greatest crisis the church has faced since the Reformation.

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