Former Pope Benedict XVI, who died Saturday, asked for forgiveness for those he has 'wronged' in the spiritual testament published following his death
A statement from the Vatican said, "With pain I inform that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesia Monastery in the Vatican." Bill Ritter reports.Pope Benedict XVI, who died Saturday in a monastery in the Vatican at the age of 95
He went on to thank his sister for her "selfless" help and his brother for the "clarity of judgment" he shared with him. A year later, Benedict came under fire over his time as archbishop of Munich and Freising, between 1977 and 1982, following the publication of a church-commissioned report into abuse by Catholic clergy there.
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