A pontifical first happened Saturday, when for the first time in recorded modern public history a new pope met with his predecessor.
Pope Francis met with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Saturday morning for a private chat followed by a lunch at the papal summer residence just outside Rome.
Outside of Castel Gandolfo a crowd of well-wishers gathered to catch a glimpse of the historic event.
Benedict has been living at the papal summer villa since he resigned in February, making him the first pope to step down in 600 years.
He plans to remain at the villa where he says he will live out his final years in prayer.
There has been no public record of any previous meeting between a pope and former pontiff, as previous to Benedict’s retirement a pope only took office after the previous pope died.
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I think your coverage of all things Papal is excessive. Only a small percentage of the Canadian population consists of practicing Catholics. Please move on and report information of more general relevance.
Stop bashing the church just like all the mainstream media! If you don’t like the church,look for something else,there is plenty of choice. He who is without sin cast the stone first. The church has apologized for the wrong doing and has paid zillions in compensation!
“He plans to remain at the villa where he says he will live out his final years in prayer.”
He should pray, pray for the courage to repent for all the horrible wrongs he helped the church cover up. Pray to have the fortitude to make a stand against the church and expose them foe what they really are, HYPOCRITES !
This is a bunch of garbage and a hoax. The entire world knows Benedict didn’t voluntarily step down, he was forced out. This is just another attempt to cover up and make the world believe the churches story. I quickly searched the web to get proof of pictures of this so-called meeting, but I was unsuccessful finding anything. Just another scandal and coverup that the rest of us will be kept in the dark about.
Challenge everything we read!