Pope Benedict Xvi

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    Retired Pope Benedict ‘ill after visit to Germany’

    Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has fallen ill after returning to Italy from a trip to his native Bavaria to visit his brother, who died a month ago, a German newspaper has reported. The daily Passauer Neue Presse quoted Peter Seewald, a biographer

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    Rules for retiring Pope: what does he keep?

    This is the first Pope to have retired since Medieval times, so unsurprisingly the rules about what happens to a former pope have been somewhat lost in the mists of time. The Vatican, however, has revealed all. So what happens on a Pope's

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    Perfect retirement vehicles for the Pope

    Pope Benedict XVI stunned the world this week when the 85-year-old announced he would be standing down. Poor health and old age have caught up with the Pope who will be the first to resign in 600 years. But eight years of being ferried around

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    Pope Benedict's new wheels

    Mercedes-Benz Check out the Pope and his new set of snazzy wheels! Pope Benedict XVI has been given the keys to a brand new "Popemobile" by Daimler and Mercedes-Benz Cars boss Dr. Dieter

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    Vatican bank account shut down by JP Morgan

    The Vatican's financial dealings are again under scrutiny after JP Morgan announced it is closing one of the Papacy's bank accounts over a lack of

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    Pope's bulletproof Mercedes already in the country

    Pope Benedict XVI will use two specially adapted Popemobiles during his visit to the UK next week – and they are already in the country. The two cars, modified Mercedes M-Classes, were brought over in storage containers and are being