VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Vatican announces Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died Saturday at 9:34 a.m.
On Wednesday, Pope Francis revealed the former Pope was “very ill” and went to see him at his home in the Vatican.
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The Vatican press office has said that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s body will lie in state in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican for the faithful to pay their respects. A funeral for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be held there Thursday.
No further details have been announced.