Benedict hopes to see friends in afterlife

Updated October 20 2021 - 10:07pm, first published 10:04pm
Retired Pope Benedict has said he hopes to soon join a beloved professor friend in "the afterlife".
Retired Pope Benedict has said he hopes to soon join a beloved professor friend in "the afterlife".

Retired Pope Benedict XVI has said he hopes to soon join a beloved professor friend in "the afterlife," in a sign that the 94-year-old pontiff is not only accepting his eventual death but welcoming it.

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