Former Pope Benedict XVI dies aged 95

Pope Benedict XVI

 

Former pope Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, almost a decade after he stood down from the papacy.

 The Vatican has painstakingly elaborate rituals for what happens after a reigning pope dies but no publicly known ones for a former pope.

His successor Pope Francis visited him at the monastery on Thursday morning as Benedict's condition worsened, the Vatican said.

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