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Secretary of former Pope Benedict XVI, Archbishop Georg Gaenswein holds a mass to mark a one year anniversary of the death of Pope Benedict, in St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. Gaenswein has been the former private secretary to Pope Benedict XVI for many years until his death on Dec. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope recalls Benedict XVI’s love and wisdom on anniversary of death, as secretary reflects on legacy

By Luigi Navarra and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis, centre, sits by the coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI St. Peter's Square during a funeral mass at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Benedict died at 95 on Dec. 31 in the monastery on the Vatican grounds where he had spent nearly all of his decade in retirement. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Faithful mourn Benedict XVI at funeral presided over by pope

By Nicole WInfield and Giada Zampano and Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

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. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden visits Vatican embassy to honor Benedict XVI

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

The body of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lied out in state inside St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. Pope 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/Ben Curtis)

Pope Francis praises ‘gentle’ Benedict ahead of funeral

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

This Dec. 8, 2015 file photo shows Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI sitting in St. Peter's Basilica as he attends the ceremony marking the start of the Holy Year. Retired Pope Benedict XVI asked forgiveness Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, for any “grievous faults&quot; in his handling of clergy sex abuse cases, but admitted to no personal or specific wrongdoing after an independent report criticized his actions in four cases while he was archbishop of Munich, Germany. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Retired Pope Benedict XVI asks pardon for abuse, but admits no wrongdoing

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

With the towers of Munich's cathedral in the background, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, bids farewell to the Bavarian believers in downtown Munich, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 28, 1982. The Vatican on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022 strongly defended Pope Benedict XVI’s record in fighting clergy sexual abuse and cautioned against looking for “easy scapegoats and summary judgments,” after an independent report faulted his handling of four cases of abuse when he was archbishop of Munich, Germany. (AP Photo/Dieter Endlicher, File)

Vatican defends Benedict after report faults abuse record

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

in this Thursday, April 1, 2021, file photo, Pope Francis celebrates a Chrism Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican. During the Mass the Pontiff blesses a token amount of oil that will be used to administer the sacraments for the year. Pope Francis cracked down on the spread of the old Latin Mass on Friday, July 16, 2021, reversing one of Pope Benedict XVI's signature decisions in a major challenge to traditionalist Catholics. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis reverses Benedict XVI, reimposes restrictions on Latin Mass

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

In this Monday, Aug. 15, 2005, filer, the Rev. Georg Ratzinger, brother of Pope Benedict XVI, waves as he walks in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, where the pontiff greeted the faithful for Assumption day celebrations. The Rev. Georg Ratzinger, the older brother of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, who earned renown in his own right as a director of an acclaimed German boys choir, has died at age 96. The Regensburg diocese in Bavaria, where Ratzinger lived, said in a statement on his website that he died on Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Retired pope’s elder brother, Georg Ratzinger, dies at 96

By David Rising - Associated Press

Replica offers peek into long-gone church

By JESSICA VOTIPKA - Associated Press

In this June 28, 2017, file photo, Pope Francis, left, and Pope Benedict XVI, meet each other on the occasion of the elevation of five new cardinals at the Vatican. Retired Pope Benedict XVI has broken his silence to reaffirm the value of priestly celibacy, co-authoring a bombshell book at the precise moment that Pope Francis is weighing whether to allow married men to be ordained to address the Catholic priest shortage. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool photo via AP, File) **FILE**

Vatican tamps down clamor over Benedict’s new celibacy book

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press