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Sunday, Jun 15, 2025
At the end of the funeral in St. Peter's Square, some people shouted in Italian "Santo Subito!" (Make him a saint now!). It was the same phrase used at the funeral of Pope John Paul II in 2005, although by many more people then.
St Mary's Malankara Catholic Church in Alappuzha was constructed with financial help from Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the pre-papal name.
Benedict, the first German pope in 1,000 years, had good relations with his successor, Pope Francis, but his continued presence inside the Vatican after he stepped down in 2013 further polarised the Church ideologically.
The Vatican said his body would lie in state from Monday in St Peter's Basilica. Pope Francis will preside over the funeral, which will take place in the huge square in front of the basilica.
The Vatican statement said Benedict was receiving constant medical attention and his condition was under control.
Together with evidence that a cardinal secretly recorded Pope Francis, they confirmed that a trial originally aimed at highlighting Francis' financial reforms has become a Pandora's Box of unintended revelations about Vatican vendettas and scheming.
A Vatican source said China declined an 'expression of availability' saying Xi had no free time.
Mar Kariyil was summoned to the Vatican’s mission in New Delhi on July 19 by the Pope’s envoy in India Dr Leopoldo Girelli and directed to submit his resignation.
The 57-year-old Bishop was accused of raping the nun multiple times during his visit to a convent in Kottayam between 2014 and 2016 when he was the bishop of the Jalandhar diocese.
Pope Francis made the statements during his weekly address at St Peter's Square.
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