VATICAN CITY -- Dignitaries and religious leaders have been paying tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died Saturday in a monastery in the Vatican at the age of 95. Benedict, who was the first ...
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was the first pope in 600 years to resign. He did so at the age of 85 in 2013, leading to the election of Pope Francis. Pope Benedict died at the age of 95 on New Year’s Eve ...
Natalia Tsarkova, official portrait artist to the popes for more than 20 years, likes to work from real life. “I am so meticulous about details. I have to see and touch and feel everything,” she said.