Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the German theologian who will be remembered as the first pope in 600 years to resign, has died, the Vatican announced Saturday. He was 95.
Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican soon after his election on April 19, 2005. Associated Press Pope Francis, right, greets Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at the end of a meeting with elderly faithful in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sept. 28, 2014. Associated Press Pope Benedict XVI waves during his visit to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, northern Spain on Nov. 6, 2010.
Associated Press Pope Benedict XVI rides in the popemobile as he leaves Fatima's Sanctuary in Portugal on May 12, 2010. Associated Press Pope Benedict XVI, top right, kneels in prayer in front of the casket of late Pope John Paul II, laid out in state at the Altar of the Confession inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the end of a solemn celebration in St. Peter's Square where John Paul II was beatified on May 1, 2011.