December 31, 11:31 am
Close up
The pontificate of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in images
He decided to stay and live in the Leonine city after his renunciation
Photo story
© ANSA/AFP
SEE THE PHOTOSTORY Photo
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA/AFP
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA/AFP
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA/AFP
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA/EPA
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA/EPA
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA/EPA
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA/EPA
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA/EPA
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA/AFP
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA/EPA
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA/EPA
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA/EPA
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA/EPA
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA/EPA
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA/EPA
Close
Benedict XVI © ANSA/EPA
The historic resignation of Benedict XVI, the first Pope to resign in six centuries - the last was Gregory XII in 1415 - and his decision to stay and live in the Leonine City, albeit secluded in the former Mater Ecclesiae monastery, led to a situation truly unprecedented: for the first time in two thousand years of Church history two Popes found themselves coexisting in the Vatican.
Joseph Ratzinger, among other things, despite having abandoned the pontificate, did not want to be called "bishop emeritus of Rome", as advised by some canonists, choosing by his own decision the denomination of "Pope emeritus" or "Roman Pontiff emeritus". also maintaining the white robe, albeit without a cape, and the title of "His Holiness".
Get the embed code
REPRODUCTION RESERVED © Copyright ANSA