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and urge people to do what they can to help. palestinian authories welcome a vote by the un general assembly to ask the international court ofjustice to give a legal opinion on the israeli occupation of palestinian territories. hello and welcome to bbc news. let's start with some breaking news. the vatican has announced the death of pope benedict xvi at the age of 95. his health had been worsening in recent weeks. benedict served as head of the roman catholic church for eight years until 2013, when he became the first pope in 600 years to announce his retirement. he was german by bir...

the former pope, benedict xvi, has died at the age of 95. the vatican says he passed away this morning at his residence there. his health had been worsening in recent weeks. benedict served as head of the roman catholic church for eight years until 2013, when he became the first pope in 600 years to announce his retirement. he was german by birth, and was known for his conservative theological outlook. bells tolling this was the moment his death was confirmed in rome. you can hear the bells ringing in st peter's square in vatican city. the vatican says pope benedict's body will lie i...

his funeral will be held on the 5th ofjanuary and will be presided over by pope francis. world health officials call on beijing to share accurate covid data, as england becomes the latest country to control arrivals from china. queen guitarist brian may and members of england's women's football team are among those celebrated in the uk's new year's honours list. the former pope, benedict xvi, has died at the age of 95. the vatican says he passed away this morning at his residence there. his health had been worsening in recent weeks. benedict served as head of the roman catholic churc...

Needs a relationship between what he called the world of reason and the world of faith. so he said, when he was in this country, in 2010 actually, that faith in god is not a problem to solve but it is a resource to be discovered again. so those three things, his struggle with the terrible scandal and hurt caused by clerical sexual abuse, his status as a theologian, and his understanding of the role of religion in a particularly european context. john allen is editor of crux which covers the vatican and the catholic church. he's written two books about pope benedict xv1 — and met him. he desc...

John allen is editor of crux who cover the vatican and the catholic church. he met pope benedict xv1 and has written two books about him. he told me what he thinks pope benedict's legacy is. i can say for sure that on a personal level, benedict was by far the most shy, the most humble, the most, sort of, self—deprecating, and gentlest of the three. i don't know that i have ever known a public figure where the disjunction between his public reputation... that is, this draconian, authoritarian, aloof, darth vader—esque figure, and the private man, that those of us who knew him personally, an...