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People line up to enter Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican where late Pope Benedict XVI is being laid in state at The Vatican, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023. Benedict XVI, the German theologian who will be remembered as the first pope in 600 years to resign, has died, the Vatican announced Saturday. He was 95. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Tens of thousands view Benedict XVI’s body at Vatican

By Giada Zampano and Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, right, hugs Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica during the ceremony marking the start of the Holy Year, at the Vatican, on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015. Pope Benedict XVIs 2013 resignation sparked calls for rules and regulations for future retired popes to avoid the kind of confusion that ensued. Benedict, the German theologian who will be remembered as the first pope in 600 years to resign, has died, the Vatican announced Saturday Dec. 31, 2022. He was 95. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Benedict XVI, first Roman Catholic pope to resign in 600 years, dies days after illness disclosed

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

In a nearly 6,000-word essay, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI denounced the collapse of "normative standards regarding sexuality" among other things for the Catholic Church's ongoing sexual abuse crisis. Benedict resigned from the papacy in 2013. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Benedict XVI blames the sexual revolution for the Catholic Church’s sex abuse crisis

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

Pope Francis, right, and retired Pope Benedict XVI greet during a ceremony to celebrate Benedict's 65th anniversary of his ordination as a priest, in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace, at the Vatican, Tuesday, June 28, 2016. The ceremony served in part to show continuity from Benedict to Francis amid continued nostalgia from some conservatives for Benedicts tradition-minded papacy. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool photo via AP)

Ex-Pope Benedict speaks of influence of Vatican ‘gay lobby’ in upcoming memoir: Report

By Ken Shepherd - The Washington Times

Pope Francis waves as he arrives for a special consistory with cardinals and bishops, in the Synod hall at the Vatican, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. Pope Francis met with cardinals and bishops who will take part in the upcoming Feb. 14, 2015 consistory during which he will elevate 20 new cardinals. Pope Francis urged his cardinals Thursday to cooperate in reforming the outdated and dysfunctional Vatican bureaucracy, saying the overhaul will help him govern the Catholic Church better and spread the faith more effectively. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Prepping for media ahead of World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia

By Mary Rezac - Catholic News Agency

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (left) is welcomed by Pope Francis as he returns to the Vatican from the pontifical summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, southeast of Rome, on Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano)

Pope Emeritus Benedict emerges to defend his record on abuse

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

** FILE ** Pope Francis (left) meets Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at Castel Gandolfo, the Vatican's summer residence, on Saturday, March 23, 2013. The new pontiff had lunch with his predecessor in a historic and potentially problematic melding of the papacies that has never before confronted the Catholic Church. (Associated Press)

Benedict returns: Ex-pope to share Vatican with Francis

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times