Former Pope Benedict XVI, passed away on December 31, aged 95, at Vatican’s Mater Ecclesiae Monastery. In 2013, he became the first pontiff to resign in 600 years on the back of an eight-year tenure filled with scandal and allegations of corruption. “With sorrow I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican. Further information will be provided as soon as possible,” the spokesman of the Holy See said in a written statement. His body will be on display in St Peter’s Basilica as of January 2,...