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Jun 14, 2024 · A few weeks later, on May 2, 2013, he moved to the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the gardens of Vatican City, where he lived until his death. The small four-story building was built in the early 1990s as a contemplative space for cloistered nuns inside the walls of Vatican City State.
Jul 1, 2024 · The mortal remains of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI were moved early in the morning on Jan. 2, 2023, from his former residence in the Vatican’s Mater Ecclesiae Monastery to St. Peter’s Basilica, where the late pope is lying in state through Jan. 4.
Jun 24, 2024 · After his retirement in 2013, the pope emeritus resided in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, a small convent built in 1994 inside the Vatican City walls, dedicating himself to a life of penance and prayer.
5 days ago · He greeted those close to Benedict who had come to pay their last respects to the deceased pope in the chapel of the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, shaking the visitors’ hands and listening to...
2 days ago · The Sistine Chapel (⫽ ˌ s ɪ s ˈ t iː n ˈ tʃ æ p əl ⫽; Latin: Sacellum Sixtinum; Italian: Cappella Sistina [kapˈpɛlla siˈstiːna]) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the pope's official residence in Vatican City.
Jun 16, 2024 · A steady stream of pilgrims and tourists have been paying their last respects to Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI, the recently deceased former pope whose body now lies in state in St. Peter’s...
Jun 26, 2024 · After retiring from the papacy in 2013, the retired pontiff chose to live in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery at the Vatican, along with Archbishop Georg Ganswein, his personal secretary, and a group of consecrated women.
