him in the media, the news, photos, videos during his time as pope, a lot of peoplejust videos during his time as pope, a lot of people just noticed he was a fairly quiet, gentle man. he had an affection for cats, music. there are affection for cats, music. there are a lot of those human qualities that send out, because the figure of a pope is important and can be set apart from the rest of us, knowing he also had these human characteristics, together with his great intellect, i think really makes people feel an affection for him. it makes people feel an affection for him. , , , ., ., him. it is interesting you mentioned his gentleness. him. it is interesting you mentioned his gentleness, because him. it is interesting you mentioned his gentleness, because that - him. it is interesting you mentioned his gentleness, because that is - his gentleness, because that is something cardinal vincent nichols mentioned as well in the tribute that has just come through from him in the past few
was handled. also controversy in other was handled. also controversy in other parts was handled. also controversy in other parts of his legacy as well. former other parts of his legacy as well. former pope benedict espoused conservative traditional catholic doctrines, speaking out against abortion, doctrines, speaking out against abortion, against contraception and homosexuality. the choice of francis after benedict s resignation was seen after benedict s resignation was seen by after benedict s resignation was seen by many as the church trying to espouse seen by many as the church trying to espouse a seen by many as the church trying to espouse a more liberal approach and a way espouse a more liberal approach and a way of espouse a more liberal approach and a way of trying to perhaps connect the traditional catholic doctrine of the traditional catholic doctrine of the church the traditional catholic doctrine of the church with the feelings of other the church with the
theological outlook. a statement read by matteo bruni, here s our religon editor, aleem maqbool. cerebral by character, benedict was a prolific author and more at home with scholarship than pastoral work. he led the world s catholics for eight years and then abruptly resigned, the first pope to do so in 600 years. joseph ratzinger was born in southern germany. he was just six when the nazis swept into power. his parents were hostile to the regime, and though their son entered junior seminary in 1939, he was forced to join the hitler youth just two years later. he and his brother george were
vatican, peacefully transferred power to his successor. and now his successor has to decide what kind of sendoff this pope is going to get. we presume it is not going to quite be the funeral that are sitting pope would get. we presume he will not have, for instance, the tradition nine days of mourning. but it is certainly going to be well beyond what say a cardinal who passes on would get. exactly how this will play out, we don t know. all we know for now is that beginning monday morning the emeritus pope s body will be on display in st peter s basilica so people can pay their respects. basilica so people can pay their resects. ,, ., basilica so people can pay their resects. ,, . , ., ., respects. state with us for a moment. respects. state with us for a moment, because respects. state with us for a moment, because we - respects. state with us for a moment, because we are i respects. state with us for a l moment, because we are now respects. state with us for a - moment, because we