The death aged 95 of the former Pontiff has been announced by the Vatican
The Bishop of Salford, the head of the Catholic church in Greater Manchester, has paid tribute to the life of Pope Benedict XVI, who has died aged 95.
The former Pontiff, who visited the UK in 2010, will be remembered as the first pope in 600 years to resign. He was being cared for in a former convent inside the Vatican, where he lived since 2013. "There is much for which we need to give thanks for the leadership and gentle shepherding of the church achieved by Pope Benedict in his eight years as our Pope and spiritual father.
"He was through and through a gentleman, through and through a scholar, through and through a pastor, through and through a man of God – close to the Lord and always his humble servant. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby also hailed Benedict as 'one of the greatest theologians of his age'.
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