Benedict XVI turns 95 as book focuses on anomaly of 2 popes

By Associated Press

Apr 21, 2022 4:26 pm

VATICAN CITY: Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI turned 95 this past weekend, a significant milestone on its own but even more given he has now been a retired pope longer than he was a reigning one.

To mark the occasion, a new book sets out to examine the current state of Vatican affairs not so much through the lens of Pope Francis' nine-year papacy, but via Benedict's nine-year retirement. And it isn't pretty.

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