President Joe Biden on Thursday paid his respects to Benedict XVI, the first pope to resign in six centuries, following his burial during a ceremony at the Vatican.
President Joe Biden signs a condolence book at the Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Benedict died at 95 on Dec. 31, 2022, in the monastery on the Vatican grounds where he had spent nearly all of his decade in retirement.
Benedict, who became pope emeritus after stepping down from his role as leader of the Roman Catholic church in 2013, died Dec. 31 at age 95. “It’s a great honor,” Biden said after writing in the book, which was opened on a small desk with a large portrait of Benedict in the background.
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